Unwieldy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Difficult to carry or manage because of size, shape, weight, or complexity: an unwieldy parcel; an unwieldy bureaucracy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. lacking strength; weak
  • adj. ungraceful in movement
  • adj. difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity
  • adj. badly managed or operated
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Movable or moving with difficulty; unmanageable from size, shape, or weight; lacking pliability: as, an unwieldy hulk; an unwieldy rock.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. difficult to work or manipulate
  • adj. difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
  • adj. lacking grace in movement or posture
  • Equivalent
    impractical    bunglesome    awkward    ungainly    cumbersome    clumsy    cumbrous   
    Antonym
    wieldy    manageable   
    Cross Reference
    clumsy   
    Form
    wieldy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unmanageable    bulky    ponderous    heavy    cumbersome    cumbrous    elephantine    hulking    hunky    unwieldsome   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cumbersome    bulky    ungainly    cumbrous    ponderous    clumsy    slow-moving    misshapen    inconvenient    shapeless