See unwieldy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"t": "unwieldy"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "unwaltīg",
"t": "powerless"
},
"expansion": "Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "unwaltic"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German unwaltic",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ungewaltig",
"t": "powerless, unmighty"
},
"expansion": "German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), whence Middle High German unwaltic, German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more unwieldy",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "unwieldier",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most unwieldy",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "unwieldiest",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "er",
"comp2_qual": "archaic",
"sup2_qual": "archaic"
},
"expansion": "unwieldy (comparative more unwieldy or (archaic) unwieldier, superlative most unwieldy or (archaic) unwieldiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking strength; weak."
],
"links": [
[
"Lacking",
"lack"
],
[
"strength",
"strength"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Lacking strength; weak."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Ungraceful in movement."
],
"links": [
[
"Ungraceful",
"ungraceful"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Ungraceful in movement."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "wieldy"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1985, Patrick Moore, Stargazing: Astronomy without a telescope, Aurum Press, →ISBN, page 18:",
"text": "However, the constellation of Argo Navis was so huge and unwieldy that in the 1932 revision, the International Astronomical Union committee chopped it up into a keel (Carina), a poop (Puppis) and sails (Vela).",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 175:",
"text": "The railways that would be fused to create the unwieldy Northern Line were the City & South London and the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, known as the 'Hampstead Tube'.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017 February 9, Rob Long, “Why I won’t invest in anything that involves effort”, in The National (UAE):",
"text": "Recorded music came in unwieldy packages and odd shapes.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity."
],
"links": [
[
"Difficult",
"difficult"
],
[
"carry",
"carry"
],
[
"handle",
"handle"
],
[
"manage",
"manage"
],
[
"operate",
"operate"
],
[
"size",
"size"
],
[
"weight",
"weight"
],
[
"shape",
"shape"
],
[
"complexity",
"complexity"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unmanageable"
},
{
"word": "unwieldsome"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Badly managed or operated."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"nonstandard",
"possibly",
"uncommon"
],
"word": "unwieldly"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neudoben",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "неудобен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "farragós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "immanejable"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bènzhòng de",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "笨重的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nešikovný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neohrabaný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "uhåndterlig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "log"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "grandaĉa"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "maloportuna"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "malpraktika"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "misportenda"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "kömpelö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "hankala"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "encombrant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "lourd"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "peu maniable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "unhandlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "schwerfällig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "sperrig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "klobig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "ormótlan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "liobarnach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "anásta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scomodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "ingombrante"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "inhabilis"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "meydlagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "lheibeidjagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "trome"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "neuyesh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "pūhetī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "pūwhetī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "pūheki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "pūwheki"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "tungvinn"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "uhåndterlig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "uhandterlig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "uhandterleg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "ulagleg"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "schwoafalich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "nieporęczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "imanejável"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "imanuseável"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepodʺjómnyj",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "неподъёмный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neudobnyj",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "неудобный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "farragoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate",
"word": "otymplig"
}
],
"word": "unwieldy"
}
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