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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity;
- Example: "avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes"
- Example: "the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations"

2. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
- Example: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
[syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a.
   Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
   ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old."
   --Clarendon.
   [1913 Webster] -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness,
   n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unwieldiness
    n 1: the quality of being difficult to direct or control by
         reason of complexity; "avoiding the unwieldiness of formal
         legal processes"; "the onset of unwieldiness and
         bureaucracy in large organizations"
    2: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the
       movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn:
       awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]