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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
  • Imagine being cuddled by long-legged, clumsy poodles.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
  • That’s — actually kind of genius, especially if the Poet was a clumsy fella who needed that kind of precautionary measure.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Bill Belichick’s daughter-in-law seems none too pleased with his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, shading the 24-year-old for her behavior during the Super Bowl winner’s awkward new CBS interview as former Patriots Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski defended Hudson.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
  • The situation was made more awkward by the lack of support from anyone else at the table.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Over the course of his pontificate, Francis contended with conservatives and with a cumbersome bureaucracy practiced in the art of resisting change.
    Randall Balmer, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But deportation — a cumbersome process generally involving an arrest, detention, a removal order from a judge and finally a flight out of the U.S. — can take months or years.
    Alyson Hurt, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The offerings vary greatly, the rugged but versatile two-door Defender 90 to the unwieldy three-row, eight-passenger Defender 130.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • During their initial run from 1975 to 1982, Pere Ubu were an untamable band, merging the loose energy of garage rock with 1960s rock, as well as funk bass, unwieldy saxophones, and Thomas’ commanding presence.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Unhandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhandy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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