Meaning of dead-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Mindless, plodding, or passive; stultifying
2. Red-handed; having clear evidence of guilt.
3. Having very little wrist or hand action.
4. Having limp or weak hands.

Examples

“No, it was stupid, dead-handed higher authority that made the army dead: absolutely fool-dead.”

“In contrast, Washington was like a cold bath on a January morning; we were quickly made aware of the dead-handed grasp of the bureaucracy, the unwillingness of all but a few top leaders to consider old problems in fresh terms”

“There's a wash of noise I am somehow part of, dead-handed. The first song is pretty much over before I even realize we're playing.”

“Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.”

“My mother laughs from her grave, such are my sewing skills, but among these dead-handed men my wielding of a needle is nothing short of a miracle.”

“Charlie blushed as if he had been caught in the act of dead-handed idiocy.”

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