unhandiness

Example Sentences

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

From The Lady of Blossholme by Haggard, Henry Rider

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.

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

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