ham-handed [
'hæm'hændid]
a. 手特大的, 笨手笨脚的
- He is a big, ham-handed man who used to be a football player.
他人高马大,大手一双;昔日是足球运动员。
ham-handed[ adj ]
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
<adj.all>
a bumbling mechanica bungling performance
ham-handed governmental interference
could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
ham-fisted \ham-fisted\ ham-handed \ham-handed\adj.
not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as,
ham-handed governmental interference.
Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, handless,
heavy-handed, left-handed.
[WordNet 1.5]
- "This is ham-handed, and will backfire," countered Rep. David Obey, D-Wis.