Definition of "ham-handed" []

• Lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy. (adjective)
• Lacking social grace or tact. (adjective)
• Having unusually large hands. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Our ham-handed approach to other countries is pretty scary. thetruth"
• "Just when you thought BP couldn’t top former CEO Tony Hayward’s ham-handed statements last summer, it appears the giant oil conglomerate still has the mojo to make Gulf residents’ blood boil."
• "You can guess what happens next, but it doesn't matter, for Kanin runs the changes on his familiar theme so adroitly that you won't even mind the ham-handed civics lesson tucked into the last five minutes of the play."