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词汇 unhandy
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Definition of unhandy in English:

unhandy

adjectiveʌnˈhandiˌənˈhændi
  • 1Not easy to handle or manage; awkward.

    不易操纵的;难处理的

    I've always found that rifle cumbersome, heavy, and unhandy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only complaint about the design is the unhandy FDD connector placement.
    • They don't even take small chances, because these fellows are so unhandy to have around.
    • Now I'm pathological about putting everything I own where it cannot possibly be damaged (usually in unhandy spots where I can't enjoy the whatever-it-is).
    • This makes it unhandy for the boats as well as the Co-Op.
    Synonyms
    cumbersome, unwieldy
    clumsy, ungainly, uncoordinated, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful, inept, inelegant, unskilful, gauche, gawky, gangling, blundering, lumbering, cloddish
  • 2Not skilful in using the hands.

    手不灵巧的

    even unhandy homemakers can often sew window coverings

Derivatives

  • unhandily

  • adverbʌnˈhandɪliˌənˈhændəli
    • Some Arab horsemen from behind the Turks galloped towards us, bucketing unhandily across the irrigation ditches.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A door was opened to him and there, before his appalled gaze, still swung the unhandily dispatched corpse.
      • His companion was unhandily trimming branches from a pine bole, using an ivory-handled poniard.
      • But what he had was the wooden bungalow to live in, and sickly chickens with lice, to pluck and clean unhandily, and, worst of the lot, the agonizing duty of delivering these corpses, during the holidays, at the doors of richer friends who had been poorer than his grandparents.
      • But I did, and managed to pull off, not unhandily, a tale called ` A Wayside Comedy’ where I worked for a certain ` economy of implication,’ and in one phrase of less than a dozen words believed I had succeeded.
  • unhandiness

  • nounʌnˈhandɪnəsˌənˈhændinəs
    • We have got some big ones and they are getting to be whales regarding the size and unhandiness of them.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Concentrating on the high-class image of Bussel, we came up with an innovative idea that could remove the unhandiness of existing stoves.
      • They become ‘unhandy’ and in this unhandiness they fail to serve the function that they had served so inconspicuously up to that point.
      • An attempt to increase the magnifying power would inevitably lead to a reduction of the field of vision and to an unhandiness of such spectacles.
      • It is due to the high overhead and the unhandiness of the previous fault-tolerance systems.

Definition of unhandy in US English:

unhandy

adjectiveˌənˈhændiˌənˈhandē
  • 1Not easy to handle or manage; awkward.

    不易操纵的;难处理的

    I've always found that rifle cumbersome, heavy, and unhandy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They don't even take small chances, because these fellows are so unhandy to have around.
    • The only complaint about the design is the unhandy FDD connector placement.
    • Now I'm pathological about putting everything I own where it cannot possibly be damaged (usually in unhandy spots where I can't enjoy the whatever-it-is).
    • This makes it unhandy for the boats as well as the Co-Op.
    Synonyms
    cumbersome, unwieldy
    clumsy, ungainly, uncoordinated, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful, inept, inelegant, unskilful, gauche, gawky, gangling, blundering, lumbering, cloddish
  • 2Not skillful in using the hands.

    手不灵巧的

    even unhandy homemakers can often sew window coverings
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