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[heavy-handed]
{adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy.
George is heavy-handed and seldom
catches the ball.
My sisterplays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed.
Tim told aheavy-handed joke about the principal's baldness that
embarrassedeveryone.
2. Likely to hit or punish hard; harsh or cruel in
making(someone) obey.
Years ago many fathers were heavy-handed bosses intheir
homes.
Many American colonists believed that the English taxcollectors were
too heavy-handed.
3. See: HAM-HANDED.
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