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unwieldy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Unwieldy \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unwieldy adj 1: 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" [syn: {unmanageable}] [ant: {wieldy}] 2: 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" [syn: {gawky}, {clumsy}, {clunky}, {ungainly}]
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