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Source: gcide
heavy-handed \heavy-handed\ adj.
   1. same as {ham-fisted}.

   Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted,
        ham-handed, handless, left-handed.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. unjustly harsh or domineering; as, incensed at the
      government's heavy-handed economic policies.

   Syn: harsh, roughshod.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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