cumbersome
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cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)
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- burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward
- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with
- A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
- The heavier a ship is loaded, the more cumbersome it gets to moor
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- See also Wikisaurus:difficult
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burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous
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not easily managed or handled; awkward
hard, difficult, demanding to handle
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