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unwieldy

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The higher polynomials grow in degree, the more unwieldy they become.

That seems relatively straightforward, but throw local laws into the mix and the standards become a lot more unwieldy.

Every election cycle, critics lament how unwieldy, ugly, or downright confusing the voting form is.

From Quartz

Investors flew from the Bay Area to Florida and signed strict non-disclosure agreements so they could strap on unwieldy prototypes.

From Fortune

I suspect Fitbit learned its lesson about unwieldy watch designs with the Ionic.

But any biographer of the novel faces a problem more fundamental than compressing between two covers a vast and unwieldy subject.

Lachs writes with clarity and concision—admirable concision, considering how unwieldy university press offerings tend to be.

Turn all those unwieldy tabs into one manageable list with OneTab.

The Wii U Gamepad, although it looks unwieldy at first, is actually great to use.

Unwieldy trash piles or not, the coming treasure hunts are sure to be interesting ones.

But he found the weapon unwieldy, and he returned to his hotel a sadder man than he left it.

His body had grown unwieldy from years and lack of exercise, and his clothes were old-fashioned and, generally, dusty.

His gunners pelted the unwieldy budgerows with round shot until they began to sink.

The women, likewise, are very tall, but too muscular—they might even be termed unwieldy.

The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unwieldy, such as: burdensome, clumsy, cumbersome, inconvenient, massive, and onerous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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