About The Word Unwieldy
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Unwieldy
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What's The Definition Of Unwieldy?
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Unwieldy: awkward | bunglesome | clumsy | clunky | cumbersome | cumbrous | gawky | ungainly | unmanageable Related Terms | Find terms related to Unwieldy: See Also | Unwieldy In Webster's Dictionary \Un*wield"y\, a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
ponderous. ``A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.''
--Clarendon. -- {Un*wield"i*ly}, adv. -- {Un*wield"i*ness},
n.
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