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AWKWARDLY SHAPED

Specialty Definition: AWKWARDLY SHAPED

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

Having long projecting parts and being, for that reason, difficult to handle. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AWKWARDLY SHAPED

Language Translations for "AWKWARDLY SHAPED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

uhåndterlig (awkward, awkward-to-handle, cumbersome, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lastig (difficult, hard, hardly, inconvenient, nasty, not easily, troublesome, with difficulty), hinderlijk (troublesome). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hankalakäyttöinen (awkward, awkward-to-handle, cumbersome, unwieldy). (various references)

   

French

  

encombrant (awkward, awkward-to-handle). (various references)

   

German

  

sperrig (bulky, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δυσχείριστος (awkward, awkward-to-handle, cumbersome, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Italian

  

voluminoso (bulky, heavyset, voluminous), ingombrante (bulky, cumbersome, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

awkwardlyay apedshay

   

Portuguese

  

estorvar (abash, embarrass, entangle, inconvenience, interrupt, lumber, obstruct, shackle). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

perfilado que presenta dificultad de manejo (awkward, awkward-to-handle, cumbersome, unwieldy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

svårhanterlig (unmanageable), opraktiskt utformad (awkward, awkward-to-handle, cumbersome, unwieldy), klumpig (awkward, cloddish, Cloggy, clownish, clumsy, cumbersome, elephantine, flatfooted, gauche, heavy-handed, hulking, inelegant, inept, left handed, lumpish, uncouth, ungainly, unwieldy, wooden). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Bibliography


  

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