Unwieldy vs Capacious - What's the difference?
unwieldy | capacious | Related terms |
(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
Having a lot of space inside; roomy.
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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
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(er)Derived terms
* wieldyReferences
*capacious
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(en adjective)- 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!
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