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heavy-handed adjective [ ˌhɛvɪˈhandɪd ]

• clumsy, insensitive, or overly forceful.
• "they have admitted they were heavy-handed in their response"
Similar: clumsy, awkward, maladroit, unhandy, all thumbs, inept, unskilful, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, all fingers and thumbs, ham-handed, ham-fisted, cack-handed, insensitive, oppressive, overbearing, high-handed, harsh, hard, stern, severe, tyrannical, despotic, autocratic, ruthless, merciless, tactless, undiplomatic, thoughtless, inconsiderate,
Opposite: dexterous, sensitive,


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