cumbersome
adjective
Origin of cumbersome
Synonyms for cumbersome
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bulky, heavy, embarrassing, unwieldy, ponderous, burdensome, tiresome, inconvenient, hefty, leaden, massive, oppressive, unmanageable, wearisome, weighty, cumbrous, incommodious, clunker, clunkyExamples from the Web for cumbersome
Contemporary Examples of cumbersome
“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
Cunningham was blown away by HyperCard when he first saw it, but he found it cumbersome.
But the technology, while powerful, is cumbersome and takes anywhere from 12 hours to four days to yield a result.
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October 3, 2014
Making ice cream was cumbersome, too, so for a long time only the elite could afford to eat it.
Second, the dismissal process for ineffective teachers is so cumbersome and costly that it rarely works as it should.
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May 29, 2014
Historical Examples of cumbersome
"I shall be travelling faster than your cumbersome safari," he objected.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Now the aloe, you know, is of a cumbersome height for a supper ornament.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
She pushed the cumbersome baby-carriage with no apparent effort.
The Yates PrideMary E. Wilkins Freeman
Norman found that while cumbersome their oxygen supply was unfailing.
Dancing seized the cumbersome chest and dragged it out of danger.
The Mountain DivideFrank H. Spearman