 heavy-handed |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands | |
| Synonyms: | bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless left-handed bumbling | |
| Examples: | "a bumbling mechanic" "a bungling performance" "ham-handed governmental interference" "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse |
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| Related terms: | maladroit | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands | |
| Synonyms: | bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless left-handed bumbling | |
| Examples: | "a bumbling mechanic" "a bungling performance" "ham-handed governmental interference" "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse |
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| Related terms: | maladroit | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] unjustly domineering | |
| Synonyms: | roughshod | |
| Examples: | "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies" "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" |
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| Related terms: | domineering | |
