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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 complexity
2. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Familiarity information: UNWIELDINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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