'Unwieldy' definitions:
Definition of 'unwieldy'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: unwieldy, unmanageable] [ant: wieldy]
adjective
Difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations"
adjective
Definition of 'Unwieldy'
From: GCIDE
- Unwieldy \Un*wield"y\, a. Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old." --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*wield"i*ly}, adv. -- {Un*wield"i*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unwieldy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- bombastic,
- boorish,
- bulky,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- burdensome,
- butterfingered,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- contrary,
- cramped,
- crosswise,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- discommodious,
- elephantine,
- encumbering,
- fingers all thumbs,
- forced,
- formal,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- guinde,
- halting,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- heavy,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- impractical,
- incommodious,
- inconvenient,
- incumbent,
- inelegant,
- inkhorn,
- labored,
- Latinate,
- leaden,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- lumpy,
- maladroit,
- massive,
- massy,
- oafish,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- oversized,
- perverse,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- sesquipedalian,
- sloppy,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- superincumbent,
- troublesome,
- turgid,
- uncontrollable,
- uncouth,
- ungainly,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unmanageable