"unwielding" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unwielding [comparative], most unwielding [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} unwielding (comparative more unwielding, superlative most unwielding)
  1. unwieldy.
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          "ref": "1896, Alexander Mackenzie, History of the Frasers of Lovat:",
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          "ref": "1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings - Volume 8, page 337:",
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