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ham-fisted (British, American) 1. lacking skill with the hands. I hoped you weren't watching my ham-fisted attempts to get the cake out of the tin. (British, American)2. lacking skill in the way that you deal with people. The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints are dealt with. |
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She's hardly the only culprit: Director Paolo Barzman does nothing to modulate her hopelessly conceived role, encouraging such ham-fistedness with overwrought camerawork and editing. And so, there are a handful of scenes here that really wrench you from the proceedings with their ham-fistedness - you might think you've wandered onto ``Xena: The Pretentious Years'' or Lilith Fair's incarnation of a medieval-village tourist trap. |
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