unwieldy
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Too many primavera recipes are weighed down with large unwieldy chunks of vegetables that have absolutely nothing to do with spring, the season that gives the dish its name.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Both risks are being actively managed by CEO Larry Culp, who arrived at GE in 2018 and is credited with turning the unwieldy American industrial conglomerate around.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
In 2014, Offill’s novel “Dept. of Speculation” was published and became lauded for its fragmentary style, often unwieldy single sentences that offered a complicated portrait of marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Transit times between two lines are also often high, and unwieldy.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
It felt as heavy and unwieldy as a haunch of deer meat.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing unwieldy
The Giver
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Power Prefix: un-
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