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unwieldy: difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations"; difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"

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incommodious collapse: uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations"

superincumbent collapse: lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition"

unmanageable collapse: difficult to manage or control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

cumbrous collapse

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

all thumbs collapse

bombastic collapse: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

ungainly collapse

lumpy collapse: having lumps; not smooth and even in texture; "lumpy gravy"

bumbling collapse: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

heavy handed collapse

fumbling collapse

burdensome collapse: not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

hulking collapse: of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

crosswise collapse: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross; lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"; not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"

turgid collapse

impractical collapse: not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"; "an impractical solution"

maladroit collapse: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

onerous collapse

blunderheaded collapse

inconvenient collapse: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"; not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

cumbersome collapse: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"

oafish collapse

left handed collapse

gawky collapse: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"

gauche collapse: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

ungraceful collapse

bungling collapse: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

bulky collapse: of large size for its weight

graceless collapse: lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott; lacking graciousness; "a totally graceless hostess"

incumbent collapse: the official who holds an office; currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"; necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"; lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"

loutish collapse

forced collapse: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"; forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"; produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"

unhandy collapse

labored collapse: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"

boorish collapse: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

clumsy collapse

stilted collapse

troublesome collapse: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

elephantine collapse: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

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