heavy-handed

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Excessive

Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

Extreme; unnecessarily forceful

They issued a heavy-handed new censorship law.

unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
not skillful in physical movement 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
unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
disapproval If you say that someone's behaviour is heavy-handed, you mean that they are too forceful or too rough. heavy-handed police tactics. taking too much action or extreme action, especially without thinking about other people's feelings
heavyhanded
{a} having a heavy hand, clumsy
heavy hand
awkward; oppressive
heavy handed
oppressive, harsh; clumsy
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