δύσχρηστ-ος, ον,
(χράομαι) hard to use, inconvenient, opposed to εὔχρηστος, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.54, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221 vii 14; ἱππικὸν στράτευμα ἐν νυκτὶ.. δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.26 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; intractable, κύνες [[ [prev. author] “Cyn.” 3.11 ] Refs]; of troops, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.11.8 (_superlative_)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δ. ἐξουσία hard to use well, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.103 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δύσχρηστα inconveniences, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 7.5.3, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.8 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb -τως, διακεῖσθαι to be in difficulties, unmanageable, of ships, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.61.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of troops, ἀπαλλάττειν [[ [prev. author] 4.64.7; δ. ἔχειν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 19:—synonymous for οὐ χρησίμως, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]