Cumbersome
['kʌmbəs(ə)m]
Definition
(adj.) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; 'a cumbersome piece of machinery'; 'cumbrous protective clothing' .
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Definition
(a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
(a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Burdensome, embarrassing, troublesome, vexatious, cumbrous.[2]. Unwieldy, unmanageable, clumsy, awkward, inconvenient.
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Examples
- I next removed the white and cumbersome parts of my underclothing, and replaced them by a petticoat of dark flannel. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had succeeded in building a cumbersome machine that was pushed at the back by a pair of horses. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He begged his father to leave a small patch of wheat for him to try to cut, and at last, one day in July of that year, he drove his cumbersome machine into the field. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These cranes facilitate the work of the tool construction department by carrying cumbersome parts of machinery to and from it for alterations and repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One was found to have too small a print for a child's eyes, and the other to be too cumbersome for her to carry about. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- One of these cumbersome flint-lock pieces might be loaded halfway to the muzzle and fired without bursting, and would roar in the discharge in a way highly pleasing to patriotic ears. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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