adjective
- Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands."a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature- Mary H. Vorse
- synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed
- Unjustly domineering.
- usage: "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
- synonyms: roughshod
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