unwieldy
adjective
not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
unwieldiness
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a word derived from
unwieldy.
Example Sentences
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Some of the play’s unwieldiness can be attributed to the nature of the meetings themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2025
But the “women stick together” turn tightened up a show whose unwieldiness stymied its ability to efficiently deploy the usual hero, villain and loser edits without its fakery showing.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2023
Its unwieldiness is an apt metaphor for memoirist Barbra Streisand, who has tried to control everything since she became a star at 19.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
All of which surely helps to explain the unwieldiness of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” a play that we might have looked back on as an early effort if only Hansberry had lived.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
And beside it stood an implement, which reminded us by its simplicity and unwieldiness of an apparatus, described in mythology as used by Ceres dea agriculturae—when teaching to mankind this important occupation.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Johanna S. Wisthaler
