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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being unwieldy; heaviness; difficulty of being moved: as, the unwieldiness of a person having a corpulent body. Donne, Love's Diet.

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  • noun The characteristic of being unwieldy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity
  • noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

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