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Unwieldiness definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNWIE'LDINESS, n. Heaviness; difficulty of being moved; as the unwholesomeness of a climate.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity; "avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes"; "the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations"
2: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see unwieldy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unwieldy Un*wield"y, a. Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. ``A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old.'' --Clarendon. -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness, n.