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unwieldy

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un·wield·y  (n-wld)
adj. un·wield·i·er, un·wield·i·est
Difficult to carry or manage because of size, shape, weight, or complexity: an unwieldy parcel; an unwieldy bureaucracy.

un·wieldi·ly adv.
un·wieldi·ness n.

unwieldy
Adjective
too heavy, large, or awkward to be easily handled
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unwieldy - difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
wieldy - easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book"
2.unwieldy - difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations"
impractical - not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"
3.unwieldyunwieldy - lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

unwieldy
adjective 1. bulky, massive, hefty, clumsy, weighty, ponderous, ungainly, clunky (informal)
Translations
unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldɪ] adjdifícil de manejar

unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldɪ] adjdifficile à manier

unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldɪ] adj [object] → unhandlich; [system] → schwerfällig

unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldɪ] adjpoco maneggevole

unwieldy
adj unwieldy [anˈwiːldi]
large and awkward to carry or manage A piano is an unwieldy thing to move. swaar, groot en swaar صَعْب الإسْتِعمال لِثِقَلِه тежък neskladný uhåndterlig unhandlich δυσκίνητος, ανοικονόμητος incómodo; difícil de manejar; voluminoso kogukas دست و پاگیر kömpelö encombrant כָּבֵד וּמסוּרבָּל स्थूल, भारी nezgrapan ormótlan fyrirferðarmikill ingombrante 扱いにくい nepatogus neparocīgs; neveikls besar dan memakan ruang onhandelbaar uhåndterlig, svær, tungvint nieporęczny desajeitado voluminos громоздкий neskladný, nemotorný okoren kabast klumpig, otymplig ที่ไม่เหมาะมือ taşınılması/kullanılması zor, hantal 笨重的 громіздкий; незграбний وزني، بھاري بھرکم cồng kềnh
n unˈwieldiness
grootheid صُعوبَة الإسْتِعمال بِسَبَب الثِّقَل тежест neskladnost uhåndterlighed die Unhandlichkeit δυσκινησία incomodidad; voluminosidad kogukus بدقوارگی kömpelyys manque de maniabilité סִרבּוּל, כְּבֵדוּת भारीपन nezgrapnost esetlenség það að vera erfiður í meðförum l'essere ingombrante 扱いにくさ nepatogumas neparocīgums besar dan memakan ruang onhandelbaarheid uhåndterlighet, besværlighet nieporęczność dificuldade de manejo masivitate громоздкость neskladnosť nerodnost kabastost klumpighet, otymplighet ความไม่เหมาะมือ hantallık 笨重 громіздкість; незграбність بھاري پن sự cồng kềnh


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So that big steamer, dying by a sudden stroke, drifted, an unwieldy corpse, away from the track of other ships.
The unwieldy crowd which had entered the Medical School nearly two years before had thinned out: some had left the hospital, finding the examinations more difficult to pass than they expected, some had been taken away by parents who had not foreseen the expense of life in London, and some had drifted away to other callings.
Other motes there were which showed him as a heavy, selfish, drifting Booby, who, having stumbled, in the course of his unwieldy jostlings against other men, on the discovery that to get through life with ease and credit, he had but to hold his tongue, keep the bald part of his head well polished, and leave his hair alone, had had just cunning enough to seize the idea and stick to it.
 
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