Ham-fisted
Ham-fisted adjective - Lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands.
Usage example: that's a ham-fisted paint job if I ever saw one
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Synonyms for Ham-fisted
Unskillful and ham-fisted are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unskillful" instead an adjective phrase "Ham-fisted".
Unskillful
Unskillful adjective - Lacking or showing a lack of expert skill.
Usage example: some painfully unskillful playing by the band's guitarist
Ham-fisted and unskillful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ham-fisted" instead an adjective "Unskillful".
Nearby Word: unskilled
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Related pairs
- awkward and ham-fisted
- awkward and unskillful
- clumsy and ham-fisted
- clumsy and unskillful
- inapt and ham-fisted
- inapt and unskillful
- inexpert and ham-fisted
- inexpert and unskillful
- graceless and ham-fisted
- graceless and unskillful
- bumbling and ham-fisted
- bumbling and unskillful
- gauche and ham-fisted
- gauche and unskillful
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Unskillful and Ham-fisted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ham-fisted/unskillful
Ham-fisted & Unskillful. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ham-fisted/unskillful>.
Unskillful or Ham-fisted. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ham-fisted/unskillful.
