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English Dictionary: heavy-handed by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heavy-handed
adj
  1. lacking physical movement skills, 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
    Synonym(s): bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
  2. unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
    Synonym(s): heavy-handed, roughshod
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