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单词 unwieldy
释义
unwieldy
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈwiːl.di/us
/ʌnˈwiːl.di/

unwieldyadjective(DIFFICULT TO MOVE)

An unwieldyobjectisdifficulttomoveorhandlebecause it isheavy,large, or astrangeshape:
（物体因沉重、庞大或形状奇特而）不灵便的，笨重的；难移动的
Apianois a very unwieldyitemto get down aflightofstairs.钢琴是个很难搬下楼梯的物件。
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Complicated and difficult to do
  • advanced
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • another
  • arduous
  • fierce
  • formidable
  • formidably
  • get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
  • grail
  • obstinately
  • onerous
  • overdemanding
  • painstaking
  • picnic
  • tricky
  • tuff
  • ultra-sensitive
  • unresolved
  • unsolved
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Thick, dense and heavy

unwieldyadjective(NOT EFFECTIVE)

An unwieldysystemisslowand noteffective, usually because it is toobig,badlyorganized, orinvolvestoo many differentorganizationsorpeople:
（因机构庞大或组织不善而）效率低下的，无效率的
Onedisadvantagefor thebankis thatitshugesize- over 15,000staff- makes it unwieldy and slow-moving.该银行的一大弊端是机构庞大——有15 000多名员工——造成效率低下及运营缓慢。
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Useless and futile
  • a mug's gameidiom
  • adrift
  • aimless
  • aimlessly
  • aimlessness
  • airy-fairy
  • frivolous
  • frivolousness
  • fruitless
  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness
  • moon around
  • motiveless
  • negate
  • negation
  • unfavourably
  • unfruitful
  • unrealistic
  • unrealistically
  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
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(Definition ofunwieldyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unwieldy| American Dictionary

unwieldy
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ʌnˈwil·di/

unwieldyadjective[not gradable](DIFFICULT TO MOVE)

(of anobject)difficulttomoveorhandlebecause it isheavy,large, or astrangeshape

unwieldyadjective[not gradable](NOT EFFECTIVE)

(of asystem)difficulttomanage, usually because it is toobigorbadlyorganized:
an unwieldybureaucracy
(Definition ofunwieldyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunwieldy

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Though the judicial system itself was symmetric in structure, the administration of law and order wasunwieldyand uncoordinated.
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To say that the object permanence literature is anunwieldyone is something of an understatement.
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The visual interface remains complex andunwieldyfor lack of enough coordination between the editors and the designers.
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The two-dimensional problem is amenable to solution by complex variables although the solutions obtained tend to beunwieldy.
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Circumambulatory/intra-ambulatory was considered (albeit briefly) but rejected as toounwieldy.
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Intellectually stimulating in places, the book is nevertheless anunwieldycollection of disparate pieces that lack thematic unity.
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However, the scheme has the disadvantage that the resulting model, and its numerical implementation in particular, may become very complex andunwieldy.
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The end product was a unique, ifunwieldyand diverse, mass of primary material generated via collaboration, in fact, if not in name.
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The usual models for studying these interactions (mouse, mammalian cell culture) are geneticallyunwieldyand do not lend themselves to experimental analysis.
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Finally, examining the cooccurrence of the iterative combinations of the five maltreatment subtypes with six attributions would result in extremelyunwieldycomputations.
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However, these equations areunwieldyand writing them down explicitly does not add any insight into our problem.
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First, without knowledge of the order of magnitude of the leading-order terms, the computation becomesunwieldy.
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If files growunwieldy, you can divide them almost as readily as you can append or merge them.
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The resulting type name isunwieldy, and code that must use it is likely to be cluttered and hard to read.
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On the whole, the book's structure isunwieldyand the organization is very weak.
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