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unˈhandiness
[un-1 12.]
1. Awkwardness, inexpertness.
1706Stevens i, Inhabilidad, Inhability, Unhandiness, Incapacity. 1862C. M. Yonge C'tess Kate iii, Whether it were from the difference of height, or from Kate's innate unhandiness. 1889The Voice (N.Y.) 19 Sept., From whom communications would be accepted,..if only some one would help their unhandiness with the pen.
2. Unmanageableness.
1883Harper's Mag. Aug. 449/1 The sloop rig..is so dangerous as to demand large crews to control its unhandiness. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 609 It was highly dangerous,..because of the violent storms..and the unhandiness of the native craft. |