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Meanings of
heavy-handed
in English
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
bungling
bumbling
left-handed
handless
butterfingered
ham-fisted
ham-handed
Related terms
maladroit
Unjustly domineering.
roughshod
Related terms
domineering
Synonyms
Examples for "
bungling
"
bungling
bumbling
left-handed
handless
butterfingered
Examples for "
bungling
"
1
One of the world's richest countries, they said, was
bungling
its response.
2
Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the IRS for
bungling
the review process.
3
But English cricket has a history of unfathomable decisions and
bungling
administrators.
4
She was built of planks sewn together in a very
bungling
manner.
5
They did a
bungling
bit of work, and the cylinders have overheated.
1
In fact, in my own
bumbling
way, I had similar notions once.
2
She was the petrified and
bumbling
victim; I was the ruthless pursuer.
3
You two will just have to manage it by
bumbling
and sneaking.
4
The waddling and
bumbling
Little Tramp character propelled Chaplin to global fame.
5
Do you disdain these low-angle inclines as the playground of
bumbling
neophytes?
1
Ireland has hundreds of
left
-
handed
golfers - enough to form a club.
2
Given the fact that you're
left
-
handed
,
that strategy would be only half-effective.
3
Rosina, of course, looked exactly like me, except that she was
left
-
handed
.
4
Bad news for southpaws:
left
-
handed
sticks are not permitted in regulation play.
5
Tends to jump right, which will cost him at this
left
-
handed
track.
1
And sometimes she is what her killer made her:
handless
,
bloodied, featureless.
2
Rinaldi remembers a headless,
handless
body inquiry a few years back.
3
Seeing it, Rothgar held up his
handless
left arm for silence.
4
He went to the couch, but he found himself a
handless
,
fetless man.
5
The King hesitated-and then laid his
handless
arm across Roland's shoulder.
1
I'm convinced that a
butterfingered
airport security worker damaged my laptop during a search.
2
Attention all
butterfingered
geeks: Panasonic announced on Thursday an Android tablet made especially for you.
3
In trying to hold what they had, it was no surprise that the league's bottom side proved so
butterfingered
.
4
When dear brother Rory (sweet
butterfingered
Rory) had let his chisel slip, there was something of Frank to profit from the pain.
5
Plenty of ink has been spilled about the major labels'
butterfingered
approach to new technology, but every once in a while, they get it right.
1
Most have worked with greater economy than Whitehall's
ham
-
fisted
and costly initiatives.
2
And you would have said I had acted like a
ham
-
fisted
leader.
3
He wiped his face with one
ham
-
fisted
hand, examining the red streaks.
4
And I did it with the added amenity of
ham
-
fisted
imagery.
5
Dresden smirked at the
ham
-
fisted
threat but kept his mouth shut.
1
It's
ham
-
handed
,
and often sarcastic, and unlikely to have the intended effect.
2
How did the Bishop of Chester respond to Mr. Pepys's rather
ham
-
handed
revelations?
3
I am offended you should think I would be so
ham
-
handed
with it.
4
It was a
ham
-
handed
way to enter the SA dissertation.
5
It was the opening he'd been hoping for, though the segue was admittedly
ham
-
handed
.
Usage of
heavy-handed
in English
1
An Australian news crew was among the protesters during the
heavy
-
handed
operation.
2
Their
heavy
-
handed
treatment of frustrated citizens saw six lives lost on Wednesday.
3
The protesters have complained of a
heavy
-
handed
police response to the protests.
4
Loud accusations of
heavy
-
handed
Australians using unreasonable force against outraged young Irishmen.
5
Like I said, Mr. Barnes, we wouldn't want to be that
heavy
-
handed
.
6
Their total impact, however, is likely to be more gradual than
heavy
-
handed
.
7
She's competent, but too
heavy
-
handed
for my taste. She regarded me solemnly.
8
John's
heavy
-
handed
and arbitrary rule quickly alienated all sectors of the population.
9
These
heavy
-
handed
,
aggressive, and unnecessary tactics waste the time of the U.S.
10
On one hand, journalists face
heavy
-
handed
strictures on what they can do.
11
A Swift Pure Cry is never wilfully bleak, never
heavy
-
handed
,
never moralistic.
12
Oh, filthy,
heavy
-
handed
,
blear-eyed world, when will you wash and be clean?
13
However, their
heavy
-
handed
approach may have gone too far this time.
14
Democratic city legislators condemned Lam and what they said was
heavy
-
handed
police action.
15
Amnesty International, the human rights group, called the police response
heavy
-
handed
and unacceptable.
16
I think that this is strong,
heavy
-
handed
action by the police, she said.
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