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Meaning of unwieldy in English
Pronunciation
/ˌənˈwildi/
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Classifying Adjective
unwieldy
Definitions
1.
lacking grace in movement or posture
Examples
« a gawky lad with long ungainly legs »
« clumsy fingers »
« what an ungainly creature a giraffe is »
« heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair »
Synonyms
awkward
Qualitative Adjective
unwieldy
Etymology
late Middle English (in the sense ‘lacking strength, infirm’): from un-‘not’ + wieldy (in the obsolete sense ‘active’)
Definitions
1.
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
Examples
« we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter »
« almost dropped the unwieldy parcel »
Synonyms
awkward
bunglesome
clumsy
ungainly
cumbersome
cumbrous
Antonyms
wieldy
manageable