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单词 unwieldy
释义
unwieldyun‧wield‧y /ʌnˈwiːldi/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINunwieldy
Origin:
1300-1400 wieldy ‘agile, easy to handle’ (14-20 centuries), from wield
Examples
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  • But the four-ball format was unwieldy and led to extraordinarily long rounds of five hours or more.
  • Even the rather unwieldy theological statement quoted by Ayer could be interpreted in this way.
  • He has elevated the unwieldy string instrument to solo status, inspiring more than 300 compositions written especially for him.
  • I tell him that I enjoyed the book much more than the Web site, which I found unwieldy and unsatisfying.
  • Similarly, de Kooning and Franz Kline used wide, unwieldy housepainter's brushes.
  • Sooner or later, they knew the unwieldy mass would move again.
1an unwieldy object is big, heavy, and difficult to carry or use2an unwieldy system, argument, or organization is difficult to control or manage because it is too complicated:  unwieldy bureaucracyunwieldiness noun [uncountable]
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