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English adjective: heavy-handed

1. heavy-handed lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands


SamplesA bumbling mechanic.
A bungling performance.
Ham-handed governmental interference.
Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature.


Synonymsbumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed


Similarmaladroit


Antonymsadroit

2. heavy-handed unjustly domineering


SamplesIncensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies.
A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.


Synonymsroughshod


Similardomineering


Antonymssubmissive









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