unhandiness

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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

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

Listing heavily to port, the Tremendous turned with a rapidity that belied her huge bulk and apparent unhandiness.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

The trouble was that it did not make sufficient allowance for the unhandiness of ships of the line in those days, and their difficulty in taking up or preserving exact formations.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)

The sisters find a remarkable unhandiness among the women.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)