heavy-handed

/ˌˈhɛvi ˌˈhændəd/
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Definitions of heavy-handed
  1. adjective
    lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
    synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed
    maladroit
    not adroit
  2. adjective
    unjustly domineering
    “incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies”
    synonyms: roughshod
    domineering
    tending to domineer
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