unwieldsome
unwieldsome adjective: not easily wielded or managed.
Adjective
unwieldsome (comparative more unwieldsome, superlative most unwieldsome)
- Not easily wielded or managed.
- And as from dull vnwieldsome age to youth he backward drew:
Euen so a liuely youthfull spright did in his heart renew1567, Arthur Golding, transl., The. XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, London: William Seres, Book 7, p. 80 - Alexander being ready to take his journey to go conquer India, perceiving that his army was very heavy and unwieldsome to remove, for the wonderful carriage and spoils they had with them:1579, “Alexander the Great”, in Thomas North, transl., edited by W. H. D. Rouse, Plutarch’s Lives, volume 7, London: J.M. Dent, published 1899, page 89
- Synonyms:
- unwieldy, unmanageable
- Antonyms:
- wieldsome
- And as from dull vnwieldsome age to youth he backward drew:
Synonyms of unwieldsome
Antonyms
Forms of unwieldsome
| comparative | more unwieldsome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unwieldsome |
Origin of unwieldsome
From un- + wieldsome.
Questions about unwieldsome
- What does unwieldsome mean?
- Unwieldsome means not easily wielded or managed.
- What part of speech is unwieldsome?
- Unwieldsome is an adjective.
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