unwieldy

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adjective

1. 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
• Similar to:
awkward
• Derivationally related forms:
ungainliness (for: ungainly), clumsiness (for: clumsy), gawk (for: gawky), gawkiness (for: gawky)
2. 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
• Similar to:
awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly, cumbersome, cumbrous
• Derivationally related forms:
unwieldiness
3. difficult to work or manipulate
- unwieldy rules and regulations
• Similar to:
impractical
• Derivationally related forms:
unwieldiness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unmanageable