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unwieldy [ʌnˈwiːldɪ], unwieldly adj
1. too heavy, large, or awkwardly shaped to be easily handled 2. ungainly; clumsy unwieldily , unwieldlily adv unwieldiness , unwieldliness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
unwieldy adjective 1. bulky, massive, hefty, clumsy, weighty, ponderous, ungainly, clunky (informal) They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage. 2. awkward, cumbersome, inconvenient, burdensome, unmanageable, unhandy His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy. Translations unwieldy adj 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 다루기 어려운 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 不易移動或掌控的 громіздкий; незграбний وزني، بھاري بھرکم cồng kềnh 笨重的 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 다루기 어려움 nepatogumas neparocīgums besar dan memakan ruang onhandelbaarheid uhåndterlighet, besværlighet nieporęczność dificuldade de manejo masivitate громоздкость neskladnosť nerodnost kabastost klumpighet, otymplighet ความไม่เหมาะมือ hantallık 不易移動或掌控 громіздкість; незграбність بھاري پن sự cồng kềnh 笨重 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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