ham-fisted in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ham-fisted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

ham-fisted [Am, Brit], ham-handed [-ˈhændəd, -ˈhændɪd] ADJ

ham-fisted person

torpe

ham-fisted person

patoso Spain inf

ham-fisted action

desmañado

ham-fisted action

torpe

Translations for ham-fisted in the Spanish»English Dictionary

maneado (maneada) ADJ Chil inf

maneado (maneada)

ham-fisted inf

lerdo¹ (lerda) ADJ inf

1. lerdo (en los movimientos):

lerdo (lerda) (torpe)

clumsy

lerdo (lerda) (lento)

slow

como es muy lerdo se le cayó todo

he's so clumsy o ham-fisted that he dropped everything

2. lerdo (tonto):

lerdo (lerda)

slow

lerdo (lerda)

slow-witted

lerdo (lerda)

thick inf

ham-fisted in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ham-fisted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

ham-fisted [ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd, Am ˈhæmfɪstɪd] ADJ Brit, Aus, ham-handed [ˌhæmˈhændɪd, Am ˈhæmˌhændɪd] ADJ Am

ham-fisted

torpe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

And what about the oil industry, which has been callous, insensitive, venal, ham-fisted and stupidly oblivious to the legitimate concerns of ordinary citizens?

www.theglobeandmail.com

And even then it was sort of awkward and ham-fisted.

uproxx.com

The rest of it too filled me with a slaphappy awe: the gravity of sound, every ham-fisted swipe at my senses.

frontrow.dmagazine.com

And has there ever been a more ham-fisted attempt at justifying greediness?

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Predictive texting keeps growing in sophistication, with the latest varieties using neighboring words to more accurately estimate the ham-fisted typist's intended meaning.

www.theverge.com

I think it's probably more generous to interpret it as a ham-fisted attempt at expressing empathy.

newrepublic.com

His political opponents saw it as a ham-fisted threat.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

His ham-fisted, faux-clever political commentary is clearly no longer shocking, and real rabble-rousers don't treat an entire city to a good-natured, month-long scavenger hunt.

www.businessinsider.com

The paper on music videos is a ham-fisted attempt to give cultural studies a scientific patina.

www.abc.net.au

Cautionary tales are sometimes heavily criticized for their ham-fisted approach to ethics.

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