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In some senses, heavy-handed is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Clumsy; awkward.
Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'
Excessive; overdone.
Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
However, recently I got a little heavy-handed with the red pepper flakes.
Lacking subtlety or nuance.
...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."
Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
“Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."
I cite how ineffective heavy-handed training methods are due to the physiological state of high arousal and avoidance behaviors they cause in dogs.