UNWIELDY


Meaning of UNWIELDY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnwi:ldi ]

1.

If you describe an object as unwieldy , you mean that it is difficult to move or carry because it is so big or heavy.

They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage.

= awkward

ADJ

2.

If you describe a system as unwieldy , you mean that it does not work very well as a result of it being too large or badly organized.

His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.

...an unwieldy legal system.

= cumbersome

ADJ

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