unwieldy
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So a pinch of surprising depth proves to be the most unwieldy move when Roth unveils a resonantly nasty surprise for his story’s endgame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Texts from a man her friend was seeing had been unwieldy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"No long and unwieldy constitutional amendment is necessary," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
There’s also a decent nonpartisan argument that the Ninth Circuit, which covers nine states and about 20% of Americans, is unwieldy and should be split into two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
The old, hulking computer in my room was a bulky, unwieldy thing.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
By last week, 41 nations had joined UNESCO, a body with an unwieldy name and an unwieldier problem: the crisis in world culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The workingmen looked all the coarser and unwieldier by contrast.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
He came up with the largest, unwieldiest and financially nuttiest proposal in the history of Pasadena Playhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
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