adjective
- Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape.
- usage: "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
- synonyms: unwieldy
- Hard to control.
- usage: "a difficult child, "an unmanageable situation"
- synonyms: difficult
- Difficult to solve or alleviate.
- usage: "uncontrollable pain"
- synonyms: uncontrollable
- Incapable of being controlled or managed.
- usage: "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
- synonyms: uncontrollable, uncorrectable
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