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Unwieldy vs Capacious - What's the difference?

unwieldy | capacious | Related terms |

Unwieldy is a related term of capacious.


As adjectives the difference between unwieldy and capacious

is that unwieldy is (obsolete) lacking strength; weak while capacious is having a lot of space inside; roomy.

unwieldy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) lacking strength; weak
  • (obsolete) ungraceful in movement
  • difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity
  • badly managed or operated
  • Derived terms

    * wieldy

    References

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    capacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
  • * 1874 , (Marcus Clarke), (For the Term of His Natural Life) Chapter V
  • The Malabar, that huge sea monster, in whose capacious belly so many human creatures lived and suffered, had dwindled to a walnut-shell, and yet beside her bulk how infinitely small had their own frail cockboat appeared as they shot out from under her towering stern!
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}

    Synonyms

    * (roomy) ample, commodious, roomy, spacious, voluminous