ham-fisted

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Ashley's ham-fisted treatment of Keegan, his lack of due diligence on Newcastle before buying it and bringing in Wise was all bewildering.

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  • But Mottola goes off message and off humor with his ham-fisted attempts to jam anti-Semitism into this '80s tale of big hair, "Rock Me Amadeus" and a lad mildly interested in losing his virginity. —  Hartford Courant blogs
  • Something In Your Mouth and Figured You Out are the worst offenders, bearing the brunt of Kroeger's ham-fisted double entendres and somewhat sexist humour. —  JAM! Showbiz
  • Secret Asian Man is one of those ham-fisted race-obsessed lecturetoons whose five or six fans reflexively label anyone who criticizes it as racist. —  The Comics Curmudgeon
  • And if it was never Mr. Gross's intent to make a film that might be seen as war propaganda for a government he has elsewhere excoriated for its ham-fisted approach to the arts, when the screening begins tomorrow night, Canadian soldiers soon bound for Afghanistan, who played extras in the film, will be in attendance. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Corrections Department head Barry Matthews 'refusal to rule out taking legal action against the Crown means that Corrections Minister Judith Collins' ham-fisted handling of the portfolio could end up costing taxpayers a huge payout, says Labour law and order spokesperson Clayton Cosgrove. —  ScreenTalk
 

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