unwield

From un- +‎ wield. Compare Middle English unwelde (“powerless, impotent; difficult to control, unmanageable”), Old English unwealden (“uncontrolled”).

unwield (third-person singular simple present unwields, present participle unwielding, simple past and past participle unwielded)

1. (transitive, rare) To fail to wield; divest or relinquish control of
   • 1907, American Education - Volume 10, Issue 7:

     But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train
     Usurp the land and dispossess the swain;
     Along the lawn, where scattered hamlets rose,
     Unwield wealth and cumbrous pomp repose, […]

   • 2007, Siddharth Mallavarapu, Banning the Bomb:

     The task of discerning the political and cultural repertoire that the judge unwields in advancing his case for the comprehensive illegality of nuclear threat or use assumes a special relevance.