Meaning

noun the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity

noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

originEtymology tree English unwieldy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwieldiness From unwieldy + -ness.

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