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unwieldy

[uhn-weel-dee] / ʌnˈwil di /


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To find their way into Cynthia’s unwieldy case at the start of the fall 2025 semester, Concannon and her teammates tackled the project much like a task force would, dividing it into sections.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 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

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

But single-family homes, spread out and each with individual maintenance issues, had been considered unwieldy to manage en masse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 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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