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[ uhn-weel-dee ] / ʌnˈwil di / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unwieldy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, un·wield·i·er, un·wield·i·est.not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly. Origin of unwieldyFirst recorded in 1350–1400, unwieldy is from the Middle English word unweldy.See un-1, wieldy SYNONYMS FOR unwieldybulky, unmanageable, clumsy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unwieldy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unwieldyun·wield·i·ly, adverbun·wield·i·ness, nounWords nearby unwieldyunweighted, unwelcome, unwell, unwept, unwholesome, unwieldy, unwilled, unwilling, unwincing, unwind, unwinking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unwieldyBut any biographer of the novel faces a problem more fundamental than compressing between two covers a vast and unwieldy subject. The Birth of the Novel|Nick Romeo|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lachs writes with clarity and concision—admirable concision, considering how unwieldy university press offerings tend to be. America’s Meddlers Are Our Worst Enemies|Stefan Beck|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Unwieldy trash piles or not, the coming treasure hunts are sure to be interesting ones. As Japan’s Tsunami Debris Arrives, Can U.S. West Coast Handle It?|Winston Ross|September 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST But if we only rewarded consistency, the list would be unwieldy, fixed, and dull. America’s Top 50 Rabbis for 2012|Abigail Pogrebin|April 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
So how did this unwieldy collection wind up looking like, well, disorganized Democrats? For Presidential Hopefuls, a Game of Posturing and Positioning|Howard Kurtz|February 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST He produced one of these—I had never seen such an unwieldy weapon. Trooper 3809|Lionel Decle He was beginning to look grey and old, and was growing daily more corpulent and unwieldy. Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard The ‘states’ are now anchored to the past, and the ‘Commonwealth’ must be unwieldy. Mr. Oseba's Last Discovery|George W. Bell The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay The craft in question were some of those that had been captured--unwieldy craft, that took fish and salt up the river. On the Irrawaddy|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for unwieldy
adjectivetoo heavy, large, or awkwardly shaped to be easily handled ungainly; clumsy Derived forms of unwieldyunwieldily or unwieldlily, adverbunwieldiness or unwieldliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unwieldyungainly, onerous, ponderous, clumsy, burdensome, massive, unmanageable, cumbersome, inconvenient, gross, hefty, lumbering, uncontrollable, weighty, cumbrous, encumbering, unhandy |