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Definition of Ham-fisted
1. Adjective. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. "Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"
Similar to: Maladroit
Definition of Ham-fisted
1. Adjective. Lacking skill in physical movement, especially with the hands ¹
2. Adjective. (by extension) Lacking skill in general ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ham-fisted
Literary usage of Ham-fisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sirdar: Sir Reginald Wingate and the British Empire in the Middle East by M. W. Daly (1997)
"ham-fisted fund-raising campaigns for the Red Cross caused offense, bearing
witness to the myopia of British officials who so frittered away their credit ..."
2. From Berlin to Bagdad: Behind the Scenes in the Near East by George Abel Schreiner (1918)
"A mighty blow over the heart, delivered by the ham-fisted corporal, felled him.
It was the sort of blow that makes prize-fighters "groggy. ..."
3. From Berlin to Bagdad: Behind the Scenes in the Near East by George Abel Schreiner (1918)
"A mighty blow over the heart, delivered by the ham-fisted corporal, felled him.
It was the sort of blow that makes prize-fighters "groggy. ..."
4. The Technical World Magazine (1912)
"One day a huge, red-faced, ham-fisted Irish railroad foreman clumped down the
stilted sidewalk with a business proposition. "You've got th' best ov'ralls ..."
5. Paris Days and London Nights by Alice Ziska Snyder, Milton Valentine Snyder (1921)
"A mighty blow over the heart, delivered by the ham-fisted corporal, felled him.
It was the sort of blow that makes prize-fighters "groggy. ..."
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