cumbersome

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cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)

Positive
cumbersome

Comparative
more cumbersome

Superlative
most cumbersome

  1. burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward
    Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with
    A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
  4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
    The heavier a ship is loaded, the more cumbersome it gets to moor

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