unmaneuverable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   difficult or impossible to steer, turn, position, or control effectively

   The damaged freighter became unmaneuverable when its steering system failed.

Formed from un-, 'not,' + maneuverable. Maneuver entered English through French manoeuvre, ultimately from Medieval Latin manuoperari, 'to work by hand,' and later developed the sense of skillfully directing troops, vehicles, or other moving objects.

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