unwieldiness
61stabilize — stabilize, steady, poise, balance, ballast, trim are comparable when they mean to maintain or cause to maintain position or equilibrium. Despite their agreement in basic meaning they vary widely in their implications and in their range of… …
62unwieldy — /ʌnˈwildi / (say un weeldee) adjective 1. not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight. 2. ungainly; awkward. –unwieldily, adverb –unwieldiness, noun …
63awkwardness — [n1] clumsiness; inelegance amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, cloddishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness*, ignorance, inability, incompetence, ineptitude, ineptness, inexpertness, maladroitness, oafishness,… …
64inconvenience — [n] bother, trouble aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, difficulty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, nuisance, pain*, stew*, trial, troublesomeness, uneasiness,… …
65unwieldy — ► ADJECTIVE (unwieldier, unwieldiest) ▪ hard to move or manage because of its size, shape, or weight. DERIVATIVES unwieldiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lacking strength»: from WIELDY(Cf. ↑W) (in the obsolete sense «active») …
66awkward — [ôk′wərd] adj. [ME aukward < ON ǫfugr, turned backward + OE weard, WARD] 1. not having grace or skill; clumsy, as in form or movement; bungling [an awkward dancer, an awkward style] 2. inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy [an awkward… …
67heavy — [hev′ē] adj. heavier, heaviest [ME hevi < OE hefig (akin to OHG hebig) < base of hebban (see HEAVE) + ig (see Y3): prob. basic sense “containing something, full”] 1. hard to lift or move because of great weight; weighty 2. of high specific… …
68unwieldy — [unwēl′dē] adj. 1. hard to wield, manage, handle, or deal with, as because of large size or weight, or awkward form 2. Now Rare awkward; clumsy unwieldiness n …
69troublesomeness — noun a difficulty that causes anxiety • Syn: ↑inconvenience, ↑worriment • Derivationally related forms: ↑worry (for: ↑worriment), ↑troublesome • Hypernyms …
70unwieldy — adj. (unwieldier, unwieldiest) cumbersome, clumsy, or hard to manage, owing to size, shape, or weight. Derivatives: unwieldily adv. unwieldiness n. Etymology: ME f. UN (1) + wieldy active (now dial.) f. WIELD …
