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unwieldy

adj
/ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/UK

Etymology

From 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”).

  1. inherited from unweldy

Definitions

  1. Lacking strength

    Lacking strength; weak.

  2. Ungraceful in movement.

  3. 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.

    • She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
    • However, the constellation of Argo Navis was so huge and unwieldy that in the 1932 revision, the International Astronomical Union committee chopped it up into a keel (Carina), a poop (Puppis) and sails (Vela).
    • The railways that would be fused to create the unwieldy Northern Line were the City & South London and the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, known as the 'Hampstead Tube'.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Badly managed or operated.

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