unmaneuverable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnməˈnuːvərəbl/
- US
:
inmanipulable
- It's unstable and unmaneuverable and...
Examples
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Some large organizations are unmaneuverable when it comes to responding to sudden changes.
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The outdated bureaucracy was unmaneuverable, making any attempt at reform slow and frustrating.
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The situation became completely unmaneuverable after the new regulations were introduced.
Synonyms
47
4.9
Not able to be held back
22
8.7
Hard to manage, change, or control
15
8.1
Impossible to change or correct, often about someone's behavior
12
6.2
Hard to control or deal with
5
4.0
You cannot make it different
4
8.6
Very difficult to control, for example a crowd or class
2
6.5
Too strong to control, it often makes people laugh loudly or feel great joy
1
7.0
Not willing to change your mind even under pressure
1
7.9
Not able to be fixed or controlled
No one can change or affect something like the weather
Not able to be defeated or controlled
Impossible to move or change
A person who does not change their opinion when others try to persuade them
Not changed by attempts to persuade or treat it
No one can change it
Antonyms
How Maneuverable
5
4.4
- US
6
6.2
71
2.5
16
6.7
- US
11
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
unmaneuverable = maneuverable (transparent) = un + maneuver + able
Formed by prefixing 'un-' to the adjective 'maneuverable', yielding the straightforward antonym 'not maneuverable'.
Etymology
The word unmaneuverable combines un- 'not' with maneuver, a word linked to the old root manu- 'hand', which you can see in manual. So it describes a system or plan you cannot 'move or guide by hand' — that is, too big or rigid to change easily.