Definitions for heavy-handed
heavy-hand·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handedadjective

   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

2. heavy-handed, roughshodadjective

   unjustly domineering

   "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heavy-handedadjective

   Clumsy, awkward; hence, excessive.

   Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

2. heavy-handedadjective

   Extreme; unnecessarily forceful.

   They issued a heavy-handed new censorship law.

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1. heavy-handed

   Heavy-handed refers to an individual, organization, or action using excessive force, authority, or strictness, often in a way that is considered too controlling, harsh, or unfeeling. It can also refer to someone doing something in a clumsy, awkward or tactless manner.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heavy-handed in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heavy-handed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of heavy-handed in a Sentence

1. Yanzhong Huang:

   This provides a strong incentive for them to undertake heavy-handed, extreme preemptive measures, in the coming month and a half, we're going to see more cities under lockdown.

2. Tom Moore:

   I hope she's not very heavy handed with the sword, by then I might be rather a poor old weak soul.

3. Sean Spicer:

   Every candidate has equal access to our superior data file at the RNC because we believe primaries should be a process free from party interference and that puts voters and campaigns first, that's why it is so troubling to see the DNC engage in such heavy-handed favoritism benefiting Hillary Clinton, a pattern which will continue (Saturday) night with another debate deliberately scheduled to limit viewership.

4. Sylvia Chang:

   The law makes me dislike China even more, they had promised 50 years unchanged for Hong Kong but they are getting all the more heavy-handed... I am worried Hong Kong today could be Taiwan tomorrow.

5. Jesse Hunt:

   Wisconsin Democrats took a pretty heavy-handed approach( to Covid-19), everyone knew who their governor was and many of them have not been satisfied with how their states have recovered post-pandemic.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heavy-handed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heavy-Handed
3. ^ ChatGPT
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