cumbrousness
- a word derived from cumbrous.
Example Sentences
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The style is perfectly suited to the purpose, having got rid of almost all vestiges of the cumbrousness of the older tongue without losing its picturesque quaintness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
Lord Melville admitted the cumbrousness of the present system.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of
This method may be cumbrous, but cumbrousness is a far less evil than uncertainty.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Theoretically, it was as ideal tool for such work, its chief drawback being its cumbrousness.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
Out trooped other menials of perhaps less age and greater dignity, quickly gathering from the equipage the chests and bags and other articles of less cumbrousness.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
