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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ham-handed is an adjective meaning "lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ham-handed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.