unwieldy (iou) and miner (as used in expressions) (sh)

unwieldy (iou)

unwieldy adjective. . LME.
[from UN-1 + WIELDY.]
(Of a person, the body, etc.) lacking strength, too weak or feeble; infirm; (of age etc.) characterized or attended by weakness or infirmity. LME-L17.
T. Fuller The weilding of his sword hath not made him unweildie to do any Other work. Dryden With'ring time the taste destroyes With sickness and unwieldy years.
Indisposed to submit to guidance or command; restive, recalcitrant. E16.
Of a person or animal: moving ungracefully or with difficulty; lacking litheness or flexibility; awkward, clumsy. M16.
A. Brookner She took a bath, feeling as unwieldy as an invalid.
b. Characterized by clumsy massiveness or awkward shape. L16.
W. Hogarth Elephants and whales please us with their unwieldy greatness.
c. Clumsily or awkwardly expressed or performed. M17.
J. Thomson The broad Monsters..flounce, and tumble in unwieldy joy.
Difficult to wield, control, or manage, esp. owing to size, shape, or weight; unmanageable. M16.
H. Lawrence The weapon would be too heavy, to unweildy for us to use. R. P. Jhabvala Our committee..should not be so large as to be unwieldy. Publishers Weekly An unwieldly patchwork of Other books' chapters. fig.: D. J. Enright Much of his verse is laboured and unwieldy.
unwieldily adverb clumsily, awkwardly E17.