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Unwieldiness   /ənwˈildinəs/   Listen
Unwieldiness

noun
1.
The quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity.  "The onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations"
2.
Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.  Synonyms: awkwardness, cumbersomeness.





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"Unwieldiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... which I had so long stemmed broke out. He stood a head taller than I, and a foot wider; but with a scream I sprang at his throat, and by the very surprise of the attack and his unwieldiness, I got him down and beat his face with my fists. His fellows, as soon as they recovered from their astonishment, tore me off, showing me no mercy. But by that time I had so marked him that the blood poured down his fat cheeks. He scrambled to his feet, panting and furious, ...
— In Kings' Byways • Stanley J. Weyman


Words linked to "Unwieldiness" :   awkwardness, worriment, inconvenience, troublesomeness, unwieldy


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