Meaning & use
Hamfisted
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Clumsy or lacking skill and subtlety, especially in handling a delicate situation.
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His hamfisted attempt at an apology only made her angrier.
The government's hamfisted rollout of the new policy caused widespread confusion.
A note on using this word
Hamfisted, also spelled ham-fisted, compares clumsy hands to the bulky shape of a ham, an image also found in the related term "ham-handed."
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deftskillful
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