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   heavy-handed

   /ˌhɛvɪˈhandɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful: "they have admitted they were heavy-handed in their response" Similar clumsyawkwardmaladroitunhandyall thumbsineptunskilfulinexpertgracelessungracefulall fingers and thumbsinformal:ham-handedham-fistedcack-handedinsensitiveoppressiveoverbearinghigh-handedharshhardsternseveretyrannicaldespoticautocraticruthlessmercilesstactlessundiplomaticthoughtlessinconsiderateineptOpposite dexteroussensitive
   • ▪ using too much of something: "beware of being heavy-handed with the flour"

   Derivatives

   • 1. heavy-handedly adverb
   • 2. heavy-handedness noun

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