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: unmanageable
- Difficult to work or manipulate.
- usage: "unwieldy rules and regulations"
- Lacking grace in movement or posture.
- usage: "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
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