3syllables
cumbersome
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Definitions ofcumbersome
1adjective
- Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Example: "Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production."
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
Example: "A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines."
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
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