ham-handed
Example Sentences
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Governments will be tempted by ham-handed policy responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 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
There is evidence that the messaging, though ham-handed, has played well in many of the places Wagner operates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
As early as January 1990, sentiment on the Well had already begun to sour, and people had begun to grumble that "hackers" were getting a raw deal from the ham-handed powers-that-be.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
