2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
ponderous. ``A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.''
--Clarendon. -- {Un*wield"i*ly}, adv -- {Un*wield"i*ness},
n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
unwieldy
adj 1: difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or
weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy
structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the
unwieldy parcel" [syn: {unmanageable}] [ant: {wieldy}]
2: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long
ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly
creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of
his chair" [syn: {gawky}, {clumsy}, {clunky}, {ungainly}]
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