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heavy-handedness

🇬🇧 UK🇺🇸 US
GRE

Definitions

n.

The quality of being overly forceful, clumsy, or lacking in subtlety

粗暴强硬;笨拙,缺乏技巧

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
heavyother
+
-connector
+
handhand, the end part of the arm
+
edpast tense / completed
+
nessstate, quality
=heavy-handedness

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Critics complained about the director's heavy-handedness with the source material.

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