unhandiness

The sisters find a remarkable unhandiness among the women.

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

But nobody except The Boy knows of the agony which the rest of the family, unconsciously, and with no thought of hurting his feelings, caused him by the fun they poked at his nose, at his fiery locks, and at his unhandiness.

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

An odd proof of the unhandiness of such vessels as the "Resolute" and "Assistance" was given to-day: the former endeavoured to tow herself ahead by the aid of all her boats, a distance of about three or four hundred yards, and was quite unable to do so, although the wind against her hardly amounted to a cat's paw; the consequence was, that until the steam vessels got hold, she was fast dropping astern of the whalers, and, as was usually the case, every one's temper was going wrong.