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1. (adj.) cumbersome
burdensome; heavy or bulky.
2. cumbersome
unwieldy; clumsy.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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| Definition of 'cumbersome' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cumbersome, cumbrous
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
"a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
2. (adj) awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
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?"
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| Definition of 'cumbersome' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) cumbersome
burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous
2. (adj) cumbersome
not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine
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Sense: (of things) heavy and clumsy
a cumbersome piece of furniture.
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 Afrikaans: lomp, swaar |
 Arabic: مُربِك، ثَقيل ومُتْعِب |
 Bulgarian: тежък |
 Brazilian: pesado |
 Czech: těžkopádný |
 German: lästig |
 Danish: uhåndterlig; tung |
 Greek: ογκώδης, άβολος |
 Spanish: voluminoso |
 Estonian: kobakas |
 Farsi: دست و پا گیر؛ سخت کاربرد |
 Finnish: hankala |
 French: encombrant |
 Hebrew: מְסוּרְבָּל |
 Hindi: बेढंगा |
 Croatian: nezgrapan |
 Hungarian: ormótlan |
 Indonesian: umbang |
 Icelandic: þungur í vöfum; óþjáll |
 Italian: ingombrante |
 Japanese: じゃまな |
 Korean: 부담되는, 성가신 |
 Lithuanian: gremėzdiškas |
 Latvian: neērts; traucējošs |
 Malay: menyusahkan |
 Dutch: log |
 Norwegian: tung og besværlig, uhåndt |
 Polish: nieporęczny |
 Persian: دست و پا گیر؛ سخت کاربرد |
 Pashto: مخنیوی کول،زحمت ورکول |
 Portuguese: pesadão |
 Romanian: greoi |
 Russian: громоздкий |
 Slovak: ťažkopádny |
 Slovenian: neroden |
 Serbian: kabast |
 Swedish: tung, klumpig, ohanterlig |
 Thai: อุ้ยอ้าย; เทอะทะ |
 Turkish: hantal, kaba |
 Taiwanese: 笨重的 |
 Ukrainian: незграбний, нескладний |
 Urdu: بوجهل، بهارى، بهدا |
 Vietnamese: cồng kềnh |
 Chinese: 笨重的 |
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