unwieldy — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Lacking strength; weak.

2

Ungraceful in movement.

3

Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.

She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.

However, the constellation of Argo Navis was so huge and unwieldy that in the 1932 revision, the International Astronomical Union committee chopped it up into a keel (Carina), a poop (Puppis) and sails (Vela).

4

Badly managed or operated.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

huge, northern, proved, slow

VERB + UNWIELDY

bit, create, times

UNWIELDY + NOUN

quesadilla

PREP.

in

ADV.

certainly, rather, somewhat

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — lacking grace in movement or posture

adjective — difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weig

unmanageable

Antonyms

wieldy

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow c

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02

However, the constellation of Argo Navis was so huge and unwieldy that in the 1932 revision, the International Astronomical Union committee chopped it up into a keel (Carina), a poop (Puppis) and sail

Wiktionary

03

The railways that would be fused to create the unwieldy Northern Line were the City & South London and the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, known as the 'Hampstead Tube'.

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04

Two heaping handfuls of cheese made for a rather unwieldy quesadilla.

Tatoeba · #910013

05

It was too unwieldy for me.

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06

After 10 years of patchwork development, the software had become so slow and unwieldy that it had to be rebuilt from scratch.

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Usage Notes

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