Unwieldy
11unwieldy — [14] Unwieldy originally meant ‘weak, feeble’ (‘a toothless, old, impotent, and unwieldy woman’, Reginald Scot, Discovery of Witch craft 1584). The meaning ‘awkward to handle’ developed in the 16th century. The word was based on the now seldom… …
12unwieldy — un|wield|y [ ʌn wildi ] adjective FORMAL 1. ) too big or complicated to work well: an unwieldy bureaucracy/system/process 2. ) large or heavy and difficult to handle or carry …
13unwieldy — adjective an unwieldy trunk full of old clothes Syn: cumbersome, unmanageable, unmaneuverable; awkward, clumsy, massive, heavy, hefty, ponderous, bulky, weighty Ant: manageable …
14unwieldy — UK [ʌnˈwiːldɪ] / US [ʌnˈwɪldɪ] adjective formal 1) too big or complicated to work well an unwieldy bureaucracy/system/process 2) large or heavy and difficult to handle or carry …
15unwieldy — adjective Date: 1530 not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) ; cumbersome • unwieldily adverb • unwieldiness noun …
16unwieldy — unwieldily, adv. unwieldiness, n. /un weel dee/, adj., unwieldier, unwieldiest. not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly. Also, unwieldly. [1350 1400;… …
17unwieldy — adjective /ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/ a) difficult to carry, manage or operate because of its size, weight or shape or complexity b) badly managed or operated …
18unwieldy — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, bombastic, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, contrary, cramped, crosswise, cumbersome,… …
19unwieldy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clumsy, awkward, cumbersome, ungainly, bulky, ponderous, hulking (inf.). See gravity, size. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ponderous; see heavy 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
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