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Meaning of unwieldy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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