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unwieldy      
¦ adjective (unwieldier, unwieldiest) hard to move or manage because of size, shape, or weight.
Derivatives
unwieldily adverb
unwieldiness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'lacking strength, infirm'): from un-1 + wieldy (in the obs. sense 'active').
unwieldy      
1.
If you describe an object as unwieldy, you mean that it is difficult to move or carry because it is so big or heavy.
They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage.
= awkward
ADJ
2.
If you describe a system as unwieldy, you mean that it does not work very well as a result of it being too large or badly organized.
His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.
...an unwieldy legal system.
= cumbersome
ADJ
unwieldy      
a.
Unmanageable (from size or weight), ponderous, bulky, weighty, heavy, clumsy, large.
Examples of use of unwieldy
1. But their mission has grown increasingly unwieldy.
2. Governments are unwieldy and corporations are nimble.
3. The parts are an unwieldy substitute for the whole.
4. Smaller schools Comprehensives are often huge and unwieldy.
5. Voters faced a bewildering and unwieldy choice Sunday.