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cack-handed

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cack-handed /ˌkakˈhandɪd /
adjective British English informal, derogatory
1 inept; clumsy:
a great song ruined by cack-handed production.
2 dated left-handed.
– DERIVATIVES
cack-handedly adverb
cack-handedness noun
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from cack, in the sense excrement, + hand + -ed2.