ham-fisted

adjective

ham-fist·​ed ˈham-ˌfi-stəd How to pronounce ham-fisted (audio)

Examples of ham-fisted in a Sentence

that's a ham-fisted paint job if I ever saw one
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Musk’s tactics are ham-fisted, but the bottom line in ensuring the country’s bottom line is sound, is a good one and worth pursuing. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 Merz’s gambit, though ham-fisted, was a recognition that rebuilding public trust around migration policy will be key to the next government’s success. Ido Vock, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025 American Primeval, Netflix’s most ambitious western series to date, is unusually explicit in its aim of exploring the latter theme, with results that range from astutely observant to ham-fisted and jarringly sentimental. Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025 At the same time, this might also be the most ham-fisted. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025 Musk’s tactics are ham-fisted, but the bottom line in ensuring the country’s bottom line is sound, is a good one and worth pursuing. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2025 Merz’s gambit, though ham-fisted, was a recognition that rebuilding public trust around migration policy will be key to the next government’s success. Ido Vock, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025 American Primeval, Netflix’s most ambitious western series to date, is unusually explicit in its aim of exploring the latter theme, with results that range from astutely observant to ham-fisted and jarringly sentimental. Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025 For how ham-fisted this show can be, the parallels drawn between killer and victim are relatively subtle here. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ham-fisted was in 1928

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“Ham-fisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ham-fisted. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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