heavy-handed

adj.

1. Clumsy; awkward.
2. Tactless; indiscreet.
3. Oppressive; harsh.

heavy-handedness heav'y-hand'ed·ness n.

adjective

1. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform: awkward, bumbling, clumsy, gauche, inept, maladroit, unskillful. See ability/inability.
2. Lacking fluency or gracefulness: elephantine, labored, ponderous. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: clumsy
Antonyms: dexterous

adj

Definition: insensitive
Antonyms: sensitive

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands
  Synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed

Meaning #2: unjustly domineering
  Synonym: roughshod

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kluntet, kejtet, despotisk, tyrannisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
onhandig, tactloos, autoritair

Français (French)
adj. - autoritaire, maladroit

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwerfällig, hart

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδέξιος, καταπιεστικός, τυραννικός

Italiano (Italian)
goffo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desajeitado, cruel

Русский (Russian)
неуклюжий, деспотичный, тяжеловесный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - severo, autoritario, torpe

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hårdhänt, klumpig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨手笨脚的, 严厉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 笨手笨腳的, 嚴厲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 포악한, 서투른, 날렵하지 못한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無器用な, 圧制的な, 不器用な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أخرق, تعوزه البراعه, حائر, ظالم, ثقيل الوطأة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מגושם, כבד-תנועה, מכביד ידו, מדכא‬

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