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English Dictionary: cumbersome	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cumbersome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumbersome adj difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" Synonym(s): cumbersome, cumbrous not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" Synonym(s): awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cumbersome \Cum"bersome\ (k[?]m"b[?]r-s[?]m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome* obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"bersomely}, adv. -- {Cum"bersomeness},n.