ham-fisted

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. (informal) Lacking skill in physical movement with the hands; clumsy.
2. (broadly, informal) Lacking skill in general; incompetent.

Απέναντι από

dexterous, skilful, amateurish, bungling, clumsy, inapt, incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, maladroit, unable, unprofessional, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful

Συνώνυμα

awkward

bumbling

bungling

butterfingered

ham-handed

handless

heavy-handed

left-handed

inept

botcher

slouch

powerless

helpless

clumsy

feckless

fumbler

Μεταφράσεις

maldestre

matusser

graponer

plump

unbeholfen

gaucher

maladroit

maldestro

log

lomp

onhandig

plomp

desengonçado

desengoçado

torpe

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhæmˌfɪstɪd/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From ham (“thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat”) + fisted (adjective), probably referring to someone being clumsy as if they have hams at the end of their arms instead of hands.