unwieldy
Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or…Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
» It was too unwieldy for me.
Для меня он был слишком громоздким. — odexed
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4 sensesDifficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
unhandlich, schwerfällig, sperrig
неподъёмныйnepodʺjómnyj, неудобныйneudobnyj
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
Badly managed or operated.
(obsolete)Lacking strength; weak.
lacking grace in movement or posture
(obsolete)Ungraceful in movement.
Examples
4 sentencesIt was too unwieldy for me.
ruДля меня он был слишком громоздким. — odexed
The vacuum cleaner is a bit unwieldy.
Two heaping handfuls of cheese made for a rather unwieldy quesadilla.
After 10 years of patchwork development, the software had become so slow and unwieldy that it had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldicFrom Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), whence Middle High German unwaltic, German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”).
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Forms
more unwieldy, most unwieldy| Comparative | more unwieldy Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most unwieldy Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape:unmanageable
- lacking grace in movement or posture:gawkyclumsyclunkyungainly
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.