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ham-fisted

adjective

  1. informal.
    lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It got worse with Brook's ham-fisted "who cares?" comment after the first one-dayer against Australia.

From BBC

This is ham-fisted trolling, an obvious attempt to get some impulsive liberal commentator, ideally a woman, to denounce her for the nude photos.

From Salon

“I have watched as the current administration harmed our community by rolling out ill-conceived, poorly implemented, ham-fisted policies.”

“It is dangerous for the court to weigh in, ham-fisted, into constitutionally protected activity,” the judge wrote.

From Salon

In a joint motion to dismiss, lawyers for the Mahoneys and other defendants described Flannery’s lawsuit as “a ham-fisted intimidation technique” designed to smother them with legal fees.

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