unwieldy
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awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, clunky, cranky, cumbersome, cumbrous, ponderous, ungainly, unhandy
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Yet without a logical order, the book at times feels messy and unwieldy, weighed down by too many subjects. — Crystal Hana Kim, Washington Post, "Susan Straight’s memoir is a letter to her daughters — and a reckoning with America’s past," 22 Aug. 2019 But seriously, the NBA has created a schedule that is unwieldy, based on the timing of the draft, free agency and then summer league -- especially with how big summer league has grown. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Is One Last Dance 2.0 on the way?," 10 Aug. 2019 At the time, U.S. agriculture was diverse and unwieldy. — Michael Waters, Smithsonian, "The Government Taste Testers Who Reshaped America’s Diet," 9 Aug. 2019 Of course, everyone’s safe space is different, so developing them for our teams and the individuals that comprise can be difficult and unwieldy. — Misty Bell Stiers, Quartz at Work, "Pride month is over. The need for safe spaces at work is not," 13 July 2019 Since that would be rather unwieldy, only one tiny area of the retina—called the fovea—provides this kind of resolution. — Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian, "Our Eyes Are Always Darting Around, So How Come Our Vision Isn’t Blurry?," 14 June 2019 The winnowing of the unwieldy Democratic field now seems inevitable. — Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, "5 things we learned from the Detroit Democratic debates," 1 Aug. 2019 But like the first debates, held in June, the field is simply too large and the format too unwieldy for a lot of substance to seep through. — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, "CNN finally got the fights it wanted in the second Democratic debate," 31 July 2019 National observers believe the 14 states where Democrats vote March 3 — the first primaries and caucuses after the four that take place in February — will have a decisive role in reducing the unwieldy field. — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, "Elizabeth Warren is resonating with Colorado Democrats looking ahead to primary," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unwieldy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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