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heavy-handed
heavy-handed - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
heavy-handed
Definition
(adj) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Synonyms
:
bumbling
,
bungling
,
butterfingered
,
ham-fisted
,
ham-handed
,
handless
,
left-handed
Example Sentence
a bumbling mechanic
a bungling performance
ham-handed governmental interference
could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
Definition
(adj) unjustly domineering
Synonyms
:
roughshod
Example Sentence
incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
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text: they all came from the list you handed
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