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Synonyms & Antonyms of ham-handed
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
- much too ham-handed to use one of those tiny cell phones
Synonyms for ham-handed
- awkward,
- butterfingered,
- cack-handed
- [British],
- clumsy,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- handless,
- heavy-handed,
- left-handed,
- maladroit,
- unhandy
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Near Antonyms for ham-handed
Antonyms for ham-handed
- deft,
- dexterous
- (also dextrous),
- handy,
- sure-handed
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The first known use of ham-handed was in 1918
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