Translations for „ham-handed“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

ham-fisted, ham-handed ADJ AM inf

1. ham-fisted (clumsy):

ham-fisted

niezgrabny

ham-fisted

niezręczny

2. ham-fisted fig (improper):

ham-fisted

nieumiejętny

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In another writer's hands, the constant invocation of childhood adversity would seem like a ham-handed attempt to assert credibility.

observer.com

Eleven-year-old boys, after all, tend to be less bothered by things like ham-handed happy endings or an unsatisfactory commitment to nihilism.

torontoist.com

Its growing dominance has also made it a target for criticism, and ham-handed attempts to police content on the social network have led to some prominent mistakes.

www.bostonglobe.com

But not in the ham-handed and lawless manner in which the government wants to do it.

www.milligazette.com

A bad movie will approach it in an overly simplified and ham-handed way.

www.gizmodo.com.au

Maybe the studio feared ham-handed critics would spoil the surprise?

news.nationalpost.com

The story isn't finished without a ham-handed reference to the city's history of cultural reinventions.

www.sfgate.com

It also has its detractors, including many cops, who found its application was ham-handed, mishandled, and a very likely a constitutional overreach.

www.officer.com

This is not an argument to plug new data into ham-handed accountability measures, but to empower consumers to vote with their tuition dollars.

www.nationalreview.com

Our governments become less effective and more ham-handed at the same time.

blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org