Definitions for cumbersome
ˈkʌm bər səmcum·ber·some

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. cumbersome, cumbrousadjective

   difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

   "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"

2. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosenadjective

   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?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cumbersomeadjective

   burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

2. cumbersomeadjective

   Not easily managed or handled; awkward

   Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

3. cumbersomeadjective

   Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with

   A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cumbersomeadjective

   Etymology: from cumber.

   1. Troublesome; vexatious.

   Thinking it too early, as long as they had any day, to break off so pleasing a company, with going to perform a cumbersome obedience. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   2. Burthensome; embarrassing.

   I was drawn in to write the first part by accident, and to write the second by some defects in the first: these are the cumbersome perquisites of authors. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   3. Unweildy; unmanageable.

   Very long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be readily managed. Isaac Newton, Opt.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cumbersome

   Cumbersome is a song by Seven Mary Three and the lead single from their breakthrough album, American Standard. It was originally included on their independently released debut, Churn, in 1994. The single was released in 1996 and became the band's most popular and well known song. "Cumbersome" reached #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks, #39 on the Billboard Hot 100, and on their list of Top Mainstream Rock Songs of the Decade, the song ranked in at #5 for 1996. An acoustic version of the song is included on the "Cumbersome" and "Water's Edge" CD singles. A live version appears on Live in the X Lounge IV, released in 2001.

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1. cumbersome

   Cumbersome refers to something that is large, heavy, and therefore difficult to use, handle, or carry. It can also refer to anything complicated and therefore hard to manage, deal with, or understand. In essence, it is used to describe anything that is inconvenient or unwieldy due to its size, weight, shape, complexity or other factors.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Cumbersomeadjective

   burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous

2. Cumbersomeadjective

   not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cumbersome in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cumbersome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of cumbersome in a Sentence

1. The Meatball Shop owner:

   This is absolutely brilliant, often I want a pizza, but just dialing that number and talking to people or typing in my computer is just cumbersome.

2. Leanne Brown:

   It's all about finding the meal plan strategy that works for you, routinize the parts that are more cumbersome to you.

3. Boris Pasternak:

   It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.

4. Belinda Clur:

   The traditional shopping centre model is turning on its head, creative, niche, differentiated store types now seem preferred to replicated options and smaller, focused formats seem favoured over large, cumbersome alternatives.

5. Esther Hicks:

   If you knew your potential to feel good, you would ask no one to be different so that you can feel good. You would free yourself of all of that cumbersome impossibility of needing to control the world, or control your mate, or control your child. You are the only one who creates your reality. For no one else can think for you, no one else can do it. It is only you, every bit of it you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cumbersome
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cumbersome
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cumbersome
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbersome
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumbersome