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heavy-handed

hea·vy·han·ded

uncommon

adjective

1.

not skillful in physical movement 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” Mary H. Vorse
2.

unjustly domineering

  • “incensed at the government”
  • “;”
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