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
But Kanneh-Mason could also be a bit of a ham, his extremities of expression sometimes tipping into an unwieldiness that, as he maintained the overall shape of a phrase, sacrificed intonation along the way.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
The effect is to produce a certain unwieldiness, to avoid which, it will be recalled, the cabinet was originally instituted.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
