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Adjective: unwieldy  `ún'weel-dee
  1. Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
    "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
    - unmanageable
     
  2. Difficult to work or manipulate
    "unwieldy rules and regulations"
     
  3. Lacking grace in movement or posture
    "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
    - gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, klutzy [N. Amer]

See also: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, cumbersome, cumbrous, impractical, ungainly, unwieldiness

Antonym: wieldy