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high-handedˌhigh-ˈhanded adjective - The company has a reputation for being high-handed in its treatment of clients.
- But they will not understand a high-handed decision by the Florida Legislature to take the law into its own hands.
- His high-handed dismissal of an outspoken professor brought unwanted national attention to the struggling school.
- Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.
- Some treated their staff in a high-handed and tyrannical way.
- The high-handed way in which Washington dropped the idea on its Western partners accounts for some the hostile reaction it has received.
- Their attitude towards the masses was condescending, high-handed and ultimately dictatorial.
- These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.
using your authority in an unreasonable way: She resented his high-handed manner. high-handed and insensitive management decisions—high-handedly adverb—high-handedness noun [uncountable] |