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Antonyms for unhandy
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uhn-han-dee |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈhæn di |
- able
- acceptable
- adept
- adequate
- adroit
- agile
- aiding
- airy
- appropriate
- apt
- artful
- athletic
- bending
- beneficial
- buoyant
- capable
- clever
- competent
- convenient
- coordinated
- couth
- delicate
- dexterous
- diplomatic
- easy
- educated
- effective
- efficient
- elegant
- experienced
- expert
- fit
- flexible
- flowing
- fun
- gliding
- graceful
- handy
- happy
- helpful
- insubstantial
- learned
- light
- lithe
- miniature
- nice
- pliable
- proficient
- proper
- qualified
- ready
- safe
- secure
- sensitive
- skilled
- skillful
- small
- smooth
- straightforward
- strong
- suitable
- suited
- tactful
- thin
- tiny
- unburdensome
- unhesitating
- useful
- willing
Definition of unhandy
- As in inapt : adj incompetent; not suitable
- As in incompetent : adj unskillful, unable
- As in inconvenient : adj bothersome, troublesome
- As in inept : adj clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- As in lumbering : adj clumsy, awkward
- As in maladroit : adj awkward, clumsy
- As in ponderous : adj heavy, cumbersome
- As in awkward : adj clumsy, inelegant
- As in awkward : adj difficult to handle
- As in uncoordinated : adj awkward, clumsy
- As in unfit : adj not ready
- As in unskilled : adj untrained
- As in unwieldy : adj awkward, bulky
- As in wooden : adj stiff, inflexible
- As in bulky : adj huge
- As in hulky : adj bulky
- As in incommodious : adj inconvenient
- As in klutzy : adj awkward
- As in clumsy : adj not agile; awkward
- As in cumbersome : adj clumsy, awkward
- As in halting : adj hesitant
- The ship, like all Spanish ships, was unhandy and a poor sailor.
- Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- She was heavy, clumsy, unhandy—but that does not quite explain that power for mischief she had.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- There are other Dwarfs, but they are as unhandy as they are misshapen.
- Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
- It was the decision that the two frigates were unhandy for cruising inshore.
- Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine
- They are also unhandy in directing the flame on parts of the work.
- Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
- The one large lugsail, too, and little jib form a most unhandy rig.
- Extract from : « Yachting Vol. 1 » by Various.
- Moreover, it's such an unhandy thing that we can't both of us carry it.
- Extract from : « Jack the Young Trapper » by George Bird Grinnell
- A cork any shorter than this is an aggravation as it is so unhandy.
- Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller
- It was unhandy havin' to pack our boots to Willcox all the time.
- Extract from : « The Long Dim Trail » by Forrestine C. Hooker
- Small in stature are they like boys, and unhandy with their swords.
- Extract from : « Jeremiah » by Stefan Zweig
Synonyms for unhandy
- all thumbs
- amateur
- amateurish
- annoying
- artless
- awkward
- banal
- beefy
- big
- blundering
- blunderous
- bovine
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- burdensome
- bush league
- bush-league
- butter-fingered
- butterfingered
- butterfingers
- chancy
- claudicant
- clodhopping
- clownish
- clumsy
- clunker
- clunking
- clunky
- coarse
- colossal
- cramped
- crude
- cumbersome
- cumbrous
- dangerous
- debilitated
- detrimental
- difficult
- disadvantageous
- disagreeable
- discommoding
- discommodious
- disqualified
- disturbing
- doubtful
- dull
- elephantine
- embarrassing
- encumbering
- enormous
- faltering
- feeble
- flat
- floundering
- galumphing
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- green
- gross
- halting
- ham-handed
- hard to use
- having two left feet
- having two left hands
- hazardous
- heavy
- heavy-footed
- heavy-handed
- hefty
- helpless
- high
- huge
- hulking
- husky
- ill-adapted
- ill-equipped
- ill-fitted
- ill-shaped
- ill-suited
- immense
- imperfect
- impotent
- improper
- inadept
- inadequate
- inapposite
- inappropriate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incommodious
- incompetent
- incongruous
- inconvenient
- indecisive
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- inelegant
- ineligible
- inept
- inexpedient
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- infelicitous
- inopportune
- inproficient
- insipid
- insufficient
- irresolute
- jejune
- klutzy
- labored
- laborious
- large
- lead-footed
- leaden
- lifeless
- like a bull in a china shop
- limping
- long
- loser
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladjusted
- maladroit
- malapropos
- mammoth
- massive
- no good
- not agile
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not have it
- not up to
- oafish
- obstinate
- onerous
- oppressive
- out to lunch
- overgrown
- perilous
- pestiferous
- ponderous
- prejudicial
- raw
- remote
- rigid
- risky
- rude
- slow
- splay
- stammering
- stiff
- stilted
- stout
- stumbling
- stupid
- stuttering
- substantial
- tentative
- tiresome
- troublesome
- two left feet
- unable
- unadapted
- unadept
- unapt
- unbending
- uncertain
- uncomfortable
- uncontrollable
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undeveloped
- undexterous
- uneasy
- uneducated
- unequipped
- unfacile
- unfit
- unfitted
- ungainly
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- uninitiated
- unmanageable
- unmeet
- unpolished
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- unproficient
- unqualified
- unrefined
- unschooled
- unseasonable
- unskilled
- unskillful
- unsuitable
- unsuited
- untactful
- untalented
- untimely
- untoward
- untrained
- unwieldy
- unyielding
- useless
- vacillating
- vacillatory
- vexatious
- voluminous
- wavering
- weak
- wearisome
- weedy
- weighty
- wooden
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