Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unwieldiness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a.
Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky;
ponderous. ``A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.''
--Clarendon. -- {Un*wield"i*ly}, adv. -- {Un*wield"i*ness},
n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unwieldiness
n : trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape:
"the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
[syn: {awkwardness}, {cumbersomeness}]


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