unhandiness

Example Sentences

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Fortunately Desmond, recognizing the unhandiness of his crew, had taken care to set no more sail than could be shortened at the briefest notice.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

The fireman and the coal-trimmer set the pace, and with a fine contempt for the unhandiness of amateurs did not fail to give a display of their utmost.

From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.

She knows that she is working with tools made to do something else, and never thinks of being angry at their unhandiness.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

He continued to laugh as he watched the unhandiness of the man staggering down the gangway under his burden.

From The Man in the Twilight by Cullum, Ridgwell

Seeing the hurry and the unhandiness of the missile, it was excellent.

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider