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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape;
- Example: "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"
- Example: "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
[syn: unwieldy, unmanageable]

2. difficult to work or manipulate;
- Example: "unwieldy rules and regulations"

3. lacking grace in movement or posture;
- Example: "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"
- Example: "clumsy fingers"
- Example: "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"
- Example: "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
[syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy]


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):

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: unwieldy, unmanageable] [ant: wieldy] 2: difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations" 3: 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, unwieldy]