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- [ham fist]
- /hæm fɪst/
- /hæm fɪ.stɪd/
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- [ham fist]
- /hæm fɪst/
Definitions of ham-fisted word
- adjective ham-fisted clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings. 1
- adjective ham-fisted If you describe someone as ham-fisted, you mean that they are clumsy, especially in the way that they use their hands. 0
- adjective ham-fisted lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy 0
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Origin of ham-fisted
First appearance:
before 1915 One of the 14% newest English words
First recorded in 1915-20
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Parts of speech for Ham-fisted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ham-fisted popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for ham-fisted
adjective ham-fisted
- clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- graceless — without any sense of right or propriety.
- halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
- inept — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- inexpert — not expert; unskilled.
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