A bed mattress is unwieldy to move from one room to another. From LearnThat.org.
unwieldy rules and regulations. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
We set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I saw one day a herd of a dozen bullocks and cows running about and frisking in unwieldy sport, like huge rats, even like kittens. From Wordnik.com. [Walking] Reference
He saw the 'unwieldy' Privileges Committee and its party divisions as part of the problem, not the answer. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography]
The piece arrived in early December as an "unwieldy" first draft, Mr. Marzorati said: roughly 13,000 words. From Wordnik.com. [Off The Record] Reference
There is something thoroughly modernist about Burtynsky's work, the grand scale, the glorious detail, a kind of unwieldy whole. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Burtynsky] Reference
Then came the idea of the ‘post-bureaucratic age’ — in itself the kind of unwieldy phrase you might expect a bureaucrat to use. From Wordnik.com. [John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the...] Reference
CAG pulls up MEA for "unwieldy" Haj goodwill deleg. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Warrior] Reference
The harnessing partook of the same kind of unwieldy strength and solidity, and was richly embossed with silver and dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Cringle's Log] Reference
"unwieldy" and recommended its numbers be reduced. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Then, LBOs helped break up unwieldy conglomerates. From Wordnik.com. [Global Investor: The Puzzle of Private Equity] Reference
Blame Brazil's dangerously unwieldy political system. From Wordnik.com. [So Who Runs Brazil?] Reference
The human cargo weighs a lot less, but is more unwieldy. From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: On The Road] Reference
It's an ambitious workload, and an unwieldy platform for a campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Diplomatic Diary: Where They Stand] Reference
But such unwieldy numbers can be a little tough to get your mind around. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Icing On Top] Reference
The wondrous new drug combinations can be toxic, unwieldy and ineffective. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting A Deadly Scrap Of Genetic Code] Reference
Shaggy protesters built an unwieldy tent city inside stately Harvard Yard. From Wordnik.com. [AT HARVARD, SKEPTICS RULE] Reference
Is India in for a long period of rule by unwieldy and unstable coalition governments?. From Wordnik.com. ['India Is Open Globally'] Reference
Viewed close in, the Kerry campaign was even more unwieldy and clumsy than it appeared in plain view. From Wordnik.com. [HOW BUSH DID IT] Reference
There are, to be sure, large federal programs that are undoubtedly unwieldy, oversaturated, or unwise. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Cluchey: In Defense of "Big" Government] Reference
Under an unwieldy system currently in place, each man supervised roughly half the soldiers and police. From Wordnik.com. [Arafat Rebounds (Again)] Reference
The EU will be inward-looking for a generation while it consolidates its unwieldy 27-country membership. From Wordnik.com. [Global Investor: Off The Radar: The No. 1 Risk] Reference
In today's economy, we should focus on quick, smart and connected rather than large, unwieldy, and generic. From Wordnik.com. [Rich Nadworny: Can We Stop Growing?] Reference
Granted, running multiple applications can sometimes become an unwieldy mess, such as on Windows Mobile phones. From Wordnik.com. [Six iPhone improvements we'd like to see tomorrow] Reference
Most have been hamstrung by the 9/11 problem: it's too big to be ignored, but too unwieldy to be tackled head-on. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Corrections’] Reference
That could be unwieldy, expensive and unpopular -- even President Obama has said it's not his preferred solution. From Wordnik.com. [EPA left to pick up climate change where Congress dropped the debate] Reference
He stands up, tome in hand, walks back over to the shelf, and puts the unwieldy thing back in its proper place. From Wordnik.com. [RE[a]D] Reference
It is shameless the way Albizur moves through the nest, and wears unrounded, unwieldy hats, like he were a nest hen. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest] Reference
It could also replace the unwieldy, if iconic, mechanism used to deliver most vaccines in the developing world today. From Wordnik.com. [The Search For Solutions] Reference
Such an unwieldy, broad-based government, say African experts, is likely to perpetuate the old culture of corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Sifting Through A Dark Business] Reference
The patch of weeds behind Steve Holdaway's Chapel Hill, N.C., home, at left, was so unwieldy that he hired outside help. From Wordnik.com. [Goat-Powered Lawn Care] Reference
Private training providers, were also twitchy, saying the arrangements were unwieldy for big cross-regional organisations. From Wordnik.com. [Young People's Learning Agency takes over college funding] Reference
This Tale of Two Airline Industries can be explained by airline managers 'doing a much better job running unwieldy empires. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Big buyers had to create unwieldy networks with hundreds of factories in dozens of countries in order to get enough product. From Wordnik.com. [THE KING HAS NO QUOTAS] Reference
It's the same number as the preceding PSC, despite the fact that Hu had hoped to reduce the size of the unwieldy body to seven. From Wordnik.com. [Communism by the Numbers] Reference
It's unwieldy, taxes the wrong things (income instead of consumption), and is filled with loopholes that are legalized corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Raise My Taxes, Mr. President!] Reference
She wakes to the feeling of something out of place, hauls her unwieldy body out of an unfamiliar bed, and limps over to the window. From Wordnik.com. [Night Terror: Apocalypse] Reference
Mass layoffs of workers in loss-making and unwieldy state companies in the 1990s led to the creation of a wave of nimble small firms. From Wordnik.com. [Going Back To the Farm] Reference
A senior German diplomat maintains that an expanded, unreformed EU would be as unwieldy in its decision-making as the United Nations. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Put Up Or Shut Up] Reference
Yahoo's inventory of more than 30,000 entries doesn't winnow the unwieldy Web down to a pamphlet -- but it's better than searching alone. From Wordnik.com. [A (Free And) Easy Guide To The Web] Reference
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