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# unwieldy

«unwieldy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Too big, heavy or awkward to move easily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unwieldy, more unwieldy, most unwieldy)

### meaning for a pupil

Too big, heavy or awkward to move easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwieldy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a huge body or a heavy load that is hard to handle

### examples

- The unwieldy parcel slipped down the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwieldy/#x1)
- The beast was too heavy and unwieldy to jump out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwieldy/#x2)
- The huge box was unwieldy to carry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwieldy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unwieldy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwieldy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.