as in clumsy
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
an unwieldy machine that requires two people to operate it
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Recent Examples of unwieldy
Choose open industrial shelves Insert some industrial wire shelving units to stock full of garden tools or unwieldy seasonal items like holiday decor.
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Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Education Department officials blame the prior administration for the unwieldy state of the federal student loan system.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Each of these varied forms, when understood as a solution to Euler’s equations, is mathematically distinct and terribly unwieldy.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
Democrats, however, blasted Earle-Sears’s constant interruptions during the debate as unwieldy.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
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Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Education Department officials blame the prior administration for the unwieldy state of the federal student loan system.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Each of these varied forms, when understood as a solution to Euler’s equations, is mathematically distinct and terribly unwieldy.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
Democrats, however, blasted Earle-Sears’s constant interruptions during the debate as unwieldy.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unwieldy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwieldy
Adjective
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What resulted is one of the most comic, counterproductive, and clumsy episodes in the long history of British efforts to deal with Ireland.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2025
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So, how did Musk go from a champion of the internet’s go-to reference resource to this clumsy attempt at killing it?—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Insert one very awkward stalemate between the pair here.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Frankenstein centers on awkward and antisocial high schooler Lisa Swallows (Kathryn Newton) after the violent demise of her mother.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So any expansion to what is already a very archaic, cumbersome system will be very hard on small business owners in Michigan.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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However, with cloud environments constantly evolving, manually checking each requirement quickly becomes cumbersome.—
Daniel Fusch,
Ascend Agency,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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All loads easier than wrangling an ungainly bird half the table doesn’t really much care for anyway (what?—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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When her rival, Poot’s Thea, arrives underdressed, Hedda forces her into a hideous frock with fussy bows and an ungainly skirt.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Out with the clunky old 20th-century contractors making fighter jets, say Democrats and Republicans alike — and in with the venture-backed, slickly marketed, innovative new companies selling the silent drones, surveillance software, and cheap missiles of 21st-century combat.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Dyson’s signature colorways are a standout in our list, as well as Eufy’s S1 design that looks more like a futuristic centerpiece than a clunky appliance.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
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