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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

It is thus fitting that his Metropolitan Opera debut production, which opened on Monday, was Wagner’s long and unwieldy “Tristan und Isolde,” which offers plenty of space for interpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

A master luthier, Illien transformed the archaic, fragile, unwieldy court lute into the marvelous, versatile, seven-string trouper’s lute we use today.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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