as in clumsy
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
an unwieldy machine that requires two people to operate it
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Recent Examples of unwieldy
The leadership shift follows a period of growth and strategic expansion under Cerutti and an unwieldy art market.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
That strategy led GroupM to develop and acquire dozens of various agency and product brands that over time became unwieldy and complicated for clients looking to tap into GroupM and WPP's cross-company tools and expertise.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
As organizations strive to offer comprehensive solutions, the temptation to continuously add features can lead to unwieldy, complex products that ultimately dilute value for users.
—Ayesha Mahmood, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
At first, playing Tetris with your keyboard fingers while managing Minesweeper with your mouse hand can feel a little unwieldy—a bit like trying to drive a car and cook an omelet at the same time.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
That strategy led GroupM to develop and acquire dozens of various agency and product brands that over time became unwieldy and complicated for clients looking to tap into GroupM and WPP's cross-company tools and expertise.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
As organizations strive to offer comprehensive solutions, the temptation to continuously add features can lead to unwieldy, complex products that ultimately dilute value for users.
—Ayesha Mahmood, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
At first, playing Tetris with your keyboard fingers while managing Minesweeper with your mouse hand can feel a little unwieldy—a bit like trying to drive a car and cook an omelet at the same time.
—Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unwieldy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwieldy
Adjective
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Relentless, hi-def gore is The Monkey’s greatest achievement, but all the blood-spatter in the world couldn’t redeem its clumsy plotting, frat-boy humor, and feigned memento mori.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2025
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Game to game, characters like the speedy Pete Wheeler or clumsy Angela Delvecchio were true to their traits across each release.—
Jake Lang,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But Denver would have been awkward for Fangio, returning only one year after getting fired.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2025
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To be fair, the process of importing a PGP key can be awkward.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For starters, Hamas’s military leaders were hiding in Gaza, making communications with them cumbersome.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2025
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However, working with document files was a bit more cumbersome in testing.—
Robert Anderson,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The apparent impact is on video, with the ungainly trims placed on the picture demanded by a wide corner a thing of the past on the S25 Utlra.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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With two soldiers able to wrestle the ungainly seven foot long M20 into position on its tripod, the mobility of such a lethal system proved to be a game changer.—
Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2024
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On paper, Miller is a soon-to-be 32-year-old who brings another clunky contract to New York.—
Corey Pronman,
The Athletic,
1 Feb. 2025
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This is a good thing, as clunky shifts were one of our complaints when reviewing the Slingshot in previous model years.—
Aaron Turpen,
New Atlas,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Unwieldy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwieldy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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