HEAVY-HANDED


Meaning of HEAVY-HANDED in English

25B6; adjective

they are heavy-handed with the equipment : CLUMSY, awkward, maladroit, unhandy, inept, unskilful; informal ham-handed, ham-fisted, cack-handed; Brit. informal all (fingers and) thumbs.

heavy-handed policing : INSENSITIVE, oppressive, overbearing, high-handed, harsh, stern, severe, tyrannical, despotic, ruthless, merciless; tactless, undiplomatic, inept.

dexterous, sensitive.

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