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UNWIELDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unwieldiness mean? 

UNWIELDINESS (noun)
  The noun UNWIELDINESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexityplay

2. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shapeplay

  Familiarity information: UNWIELDINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNWIELDINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations

Hypernyms ("unwieldiness" is a kind of...):

inconvenience; troublesomeness; worriment (a difficulty that causes anxiety)

Derivation:

unwieldy (difficult to work or manipulate)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

awkwardness; cumbersomeness; unwieldiness

Context example:

the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano

Hypernyms ("unwieldiness" is a kind of...):

inconvenience; troublesomeness; worriment (a difficulty that causes anxiety)

Derivation:

unwieldy (difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape)


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