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

It may ha' been from the unhandiness of their movements an' the way they clutched at us an' at one another as we pulled 'em ashore.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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)

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

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider

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)