ham-handed
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ali’s attempt to contort it to reflect the controversy over immigration policy is ham-handed and confused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
That’s the bigger story that is being lost in the government’s egregious, ham-handed attempt to turn Ábrego García into an object lesson.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
Obama, a Harvard alum, described the freeze as "unlawful and ham-handed".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025
If the TMZ Selfie Tour could help me look like even slightly less than a ham-handed buffoon in pictures of my own taking it would be worth the price.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
I was getting ham-handed and mutton-fisted, flapping the old things every day; felt I wanted to stunt about a bit.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
