heavy-handed meaning
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heavy-handed (adjective): lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
heavy-handed has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
heavy-handed as an 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
Synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed
Similar: maladroit
- unjustly domineering
- incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
- a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
Synonyms: roughshod
Similar: domineering
heavy-handed in a sentence
- The government's response to the protests was considered a bit heavy-handed.
- Tom is being heavy-handed.
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