ham-handed
Example Sentences
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Such a ham-handed move followed on the heels of the hottest day recorded in Marysville.
From Seattle Times
Far from averting a catastrophe in Afghanistan, ham-handed U.S. diplomacy has enabled it.
From Washington Post
The image presents a ham-handed metaphor, and it’s indicative of the lack of imagination that hampers the literal-minded drama.
From New York Times
Tokyo lost out to Rio de Janeiro after a Dentsu-led bid that was widely criticized for being ham-handed and exorbitantly over budget.
From New York Times
A campaign for personal choice and responsibility, Purdue President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. said, will get better public health results than requirements that “might come across as ham-handed and dictatorial.”
From Washington Post
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