Definitions of unwieldy [ʌnˈwil di]

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Definition of 'unwieldy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (,) unwieldy
wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight.

Etymology: (1350–1400)

Definition of 'unwieldy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) unwieldy, unmanageable
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"

2. (adj) unwieldy
difficult to work or manipulate
"unwieldy rules and regulations"

3. (adj) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
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"

Definition of 'unwieldy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) unwieldy
not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous

Translation of 'unwieldy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: large and awkward to carry or manage A piano is an unwieldy thing to move.
Afrikaans: swaar, groot en swaar	Arabic: صَعْب الإسْتِعمال لِثِقَل	Bulgarian: тежък
Brazilian: de difícil manejo	Czech: neskladný	German: unhandlich
Danish: uhåndterlig	Greek: δυσκίνητος, ανοικονόμητος	Spanish: incómodo; difícil de mane
Estonian: kogukas	Farsi: دست و پاگیر	Finnish: kömpelö
French: encombrant	Hebrew: כָּבֵד וּמסוּרבָּל	Hindi: स्थूल, भारी
Croatian: nezgrapan	Hungarian: ormótlan	Indonesian: besar dan berat
Icelandic: fyrirferðarmikill	Italian: ingombrante	Japanese: 扱いにくい
Korean: 다루기 어려운	Lithuanian: nepatogus	Latvian: neparocīgs; neveikls
Malay: besar dan memakan ruang	Dutch: onhandelbaar	Norwegian: uhåndterlig, svær, tungvi
Polish: nieporęczny	Portuguese: desajeitado	Romanian: voluminos
Russian: громоздкий	Slovak: neskladný, nemotorný	Slovenian: okoren
Serbian: kabast	Swedish: klumpig, otymplig	Thai: ที่ไม่เหมาะมือ
Turkish: taşınılması/kullanılması	Taiwanese: 不易移動或掌控的	Ukrainian: громіздкий; незграбний
Urdu: وزني، بھاري بھرکم	Vietnamese: cồng kềnh	Chinese: 不易移动或操作的，笨重的
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