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UNWIELDY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking grace in movement or posture
Example:
heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
Synonyms:
clumsy; clunky; gawky; ungainly; unwieldy
Classified under:
Similar:
awkward (lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Difficult to work or manipulate
Example:
unwieldy rules and regulations
Classified under:
Similar:
impractical (not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters)
Derivation:
unwieldiness (the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
Example:
almost dropped the unwieldy parcel
Synonyms:
unmanageable; unwieldy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
awkward; bunglesome; clumsy; ungainly (difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape)
cumbersome; cumbrous (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight)
Antonym:
wieldy (easy to handle or use or manage)
Derivation:
unwieldiness (trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape)
Context examples:
From the pools of blood and the enormous lumps of flesh scattered in every direction over the green sward we imagined at first that a number of animals had been killed, but on examining the remains more closely we discovered that all this carnage came from one of these unwieldy monsters, which had been literally torn to pieces by some creature not larger, perhaps, but far more ferocious, than itself.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
