heavy-handed
adjective
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Sense 1 adjective
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
a bumbling mechanic
Related & opposite
- maladroit similar to
Sense 2 adjective
unjustly domineering
incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
Related & opposite
- domineering similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | maladroit |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | domineering |