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Definition of Ham-handed
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-handed
1. Adjective. Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ham-handed
Literary usage of Ham-handed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torrens Title Cases: Being a Collection of Important Cases Decided by the by William Howard Hunter, John Howard Hunter (1895)
"The title was never accepted by them, but the defendants, CJ & T. Ham, handed
over to the defendant company the money and promissory notes. ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine (1843)
"... ham handed round in a dish ; then a cold pate of the livers of geese ; then
a salad consisting of craw fish garnished with slices of beet root, and, ..."
3. National Negotiating Styles edited by Hans Binnendijk (1987)
"... a public relations coup for the United States in Western Europe, at least in
its first year, while the Soviet handling of INF was seen as ham-handed. ..."
4. NATO in the Fifth Decade by Keith Dunn, Stephen Flanagan (1992)
"In the past, Atlanticists could ultimately count on ham- handed Soviet actions
to coalesce the Alliance: For example, invading Hungary or Czechoslovakia, ..."
5. American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation Versus the Culture of Awareness by Robert Grudin (2006)
"Such dynamics are documented in David Mamet's acerbic if ham- handed play and
movie, Glengarry, Glen Ross (film, 1992). Here a team of jaded urban realtors ..."
6. A Book of Burlesques by Henry Louis Mencken (1920)
"... and from all symphonic poems by English composers; and from the tall, willing,
horse-chested, ham-handed, quasi-gifted ladies who stagger to their legs ..."
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