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English
Etymology
From un- + wieldsome.
Adjective
unwieldsome (comparative more unwieldsome, superlative most unwieldsome)
- (archaic) Not easily wielded or managed.
- Synonyms: unwieldy, unmanageable
- Antonym: wieldsome
1567, Arthur Golding, transl., The. XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, London: William Seres, Book 7, p. 80:And as from dull vnwieldsome age to youth he backward drew:
Euen so a liuely youthfull spright did in his heart renew
1579, “Alexander the Great”, in Thomas North, transl., edited by W. H. D. Rouse, Plutarch’s Lives, volume 7, London: J.M. Dent, published 1899, page 89:Alexander being ready to take his journey to go conquer India, perceiving that his army was very heavy and unwieldsome to remove, for the wonderful carriage and spoils they had with them: