1
as in clumsy
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
the new SUV is particularly unhandy and difficult to maneuver in parking lots and narrow streets
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as in awkward
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
an unhandy person should be kept away from knives and other sharp objects
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Recent Examples of unhandy
Perhaps there is something about Hardy that brings out an especially unhandy company.
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Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhandy
Adjective
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Herbert includes a range of moments, from earnest attempts to talk about the enslaved people that maintained all these palatial homes to clumsier ones in which they are referred to as workers, insinuating that their labor was paid for instead of forced.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 2025
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The aftermath of Virginia’s clumsy tumble into a rose bed where her exposed cleavage is profusely pricked by thorns lasts for all of one scene.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Barely a week goes by without some fresh young talent arriving in West London to pose for the media with a Blue jersey and an awkward grin.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The next mayor, like so many of his predecessors, will have to engage in awkward negotiations with politicians in Albany.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Big, cumbersome, and greasy, baking sheets can be a pain to clean and dry off.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
30 June 2025
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Federal law has long given authorities the power to impose such fines, although they were rarely issued until the first Trump administration, and even then only rarely because officials found the process cumbersome.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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The Inflation Reduction Act clawbacks desired by a large portion of the GOP are just a small part of the unwieldy bill.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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Because of the pandemic, multiple Hollywood strikes, and turmoil at Marvel Studios, it’s taken four and a half years for the show to materialize, though Thorne played the character in 2022’s unwieldy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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“Unhandy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhandy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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