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unwieldy Definition

un·wieldy (-wēl)

adjective

  1. hard to wield, manage, handle, or deal with, as because of large size or weight, or awkward form
  2. Now Rare awkward; clumsy

unwieldy Related Forms
un·wieldi·ness noun
unwieldy Synonyms

unwieldy

modif.

awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, ponderous; see heavy 1.

unwieldy Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: This, in turn, has made scope unwieldy at best.

Infinitive complement

  • use: The pike was far too unwieldy to use in close combat Type or group of weapons - Polearm - A group of pole-mounted weapons.
  • run: It can be unwieldy to run with multiple partners ' meetings.
  • manage: UNHCR reports that it has capped camp capacity at 20,000 because it feels that camps larger than this will be too unwieldy to manage.
  • lift: The creature was too unwieldy to lift, so the hunter contented himself with cutting away one haunch and part of the flank.

Modifying Another Word

  • somewhat: But mirror sizes up to 16 inches are often used - but then the telescope become heavy and somewhat unwieldy.
  • rather: In 1853 the rather unwieldy name was changed to the North London Railroad.
  • too: Their systems must not be too unwieldy or prescriptive.
  • little: Good to begin with, it has become even better, if a little unwieldy ( growing from 315 pages to 558 ).
  • very: Often generalizations can be very unwieldy, containing many clauses in their conditions.
  • so: And because that definition is so unwieldy to trot out every time we think of these things, we say " society " .

Used with adjective complement

  • become: With larger classes the number of discussion groups could become unwieldy.
  • get: I started off doing this by just sending carbon copies to multiple people in my mail program, but this rapidly got unwieldy.
  • seem: Hiving off catering and other services did reduce bottom line staff numbers but in other areas BA seems as unwieldy as ever.

Modifies a noun

  • title: But Lowe - for all the unwieldy title - goes much further.
  • structure: The whole unwieldy structure is sustained by three main procedures each of which seems to me highly dubious.
  • name: In 1853 the rather unwieldy name was changed to the North London Railroad.
  • mass: The software will complement Datum's existing KnowledgeWorker suite by converting email from an unwieldy mass of data into a legitimate enterprise information resource.
  • body: If these insects select only full grown caterpillars, I can scarcely imagine one of the smaller individuals managing these unwieldy bodies.
  • bureaucracy: The unwieldy bureaucracy of the LIG program remains a burden to all involved, notwithstanding the accepted need for accountability and quality assurance.

Browse dictionary entries near unwieldy

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  6. unwavering
  7. unwashed
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  10. unwarlike
  1. unwilling
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  5. unwise
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  8. unwitting
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  10. unwonted