ham-fisted

Significado (Inglés)

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

Oposto a
dexterous, skilful, amateurish, bungling, clumsy, inapt, incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, maladroit, unable, unprofessional, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈhæmˌfɪstɪd/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.

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