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unwieldy

[uhn-weel-dee] / ʌnˈwil di /


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After a certain point, however, teams become unwieldy, and it becomes harder to organize the team and manage communication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Add in that at Audi there was another senior figure, in chief executive officer Adam Baker, and many felt the leadership of Audi looked unwieldy.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

As I wrote in Slate in December, Artemis has an unwieldy architecture and requires some important pieces that don’t yet exist.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Their stocks traded at lower valuations than their pure-play peers because investors felt the conglomerates were more unwieldy.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Flowers, greens, and buckets forgotten, we ran across the prairie, joined at the hands and wobbling like an unwieldy snake.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson




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