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Recent Examples of unhandy Perhaps there is something about Hardy that brings out an especially unhandy company. Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhandy
Adjective
  • At times, Alcaraz was almost as clumsy as Federer in his last hurrah here against Hubert Hurkacz in 2021.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • But things get weighed down by a clumsy body-swapping plot and a pairing between Joe and 22 that never fully pays off.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Advertisement To illustrate this point, consider the best man at a wedding who, instead of celebrating the couple, shares personal stories that only serve to embarrass them, often with awkward details that have no place in such a tender moment.
    Matt Abrahams, Time, 12 July 2025
  • An historic night at Madison Square Garden on Friday night turned into an awkward moment in the wee hours of Saturday morning at the Taylor-Serrano 3 post-fight press conference.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • Big, cumbersome, and greasy, baking sheets can be a pain to clean and dry off.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 30 June 2025
  • The actions come as deepfakes have become increasingly common, affecting celebrities such as pop star Taylor Swift and even Pope Francis as well as many less famous people, and also grown more cumbersome to identify as AI-generated.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Looming large is the thorny issue of Washington and how to handle Trump and his unwieldy and unpredictable tariffs regime that could affect severely impact European and global economic growth.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 8 July 2025
  • But using SAVE for this sort of verification was unwieldy.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 28 June 2025

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“Unhandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhandy. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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