cumbersome

English

Etymology

cumber (“hindrance”) +‎ -some.

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:difficult

Derived terms

• cumbersomely
• cumbersomeness

Synonyms

• cumbrous

Translations

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

• Bulgarian: тежък (bg) (težǎk), обременителен (bg) (obremenitelen)
• Dutch: hinderlijk (nl), lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl), zwaar (nl)
• Finnish: vaivalloinen, hankala (fi)
• French: encombrant (fr)
• German: hinderlich, lästig, mühsam (de), beschwerlich (de)
• Italian: ingombrante (it)

• Polish: uciążliwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: incómodo (Portugal), incômodo (Brazil)
• Russian: обременительный (ru) (obremenítelʹnyj), затруднительный (ru) (zatrudnítelʹnyj), тягостный (ru) (tjágostnyj)
• Spanish: pesado (es)
• Turkish: külfetli (tr)

not easily managed or handled; awkward

• Bulgarian: неудобен (bg) (neudoben)
• Dutch: lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl), onhandig (nl), zwaar (nl)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi), hankalasti käsiteltävä (fi)
• German: (objects) sperrig (de), (procedure) umständlich (de)
• Italian: difficile da usare

• Polish: nieporęczny m, niewygodny m
• Portuguese: desajeitado (pt)
• Russian: громоздкий (ru) (gromózdkij), неудобный (ru) (neudóbnyj)
• Turkish: zor taşınır

hard, difficult, demanding to handle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: chinese (zh)

• Dutch: lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl)
• Finnish: vaivalloinen, rasittava (fi)
• French: pénible (fr)

• German: schwierig (de)
• Polish: nieporęczny m
• Russian: сложный (ru) (slóžnyj)
• Turkish: zor (tr)

inert, lumbering, slow in movement

• Dutch: log (nl), lastig (nl)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi)

• German: schwerfällig
• Turkish: ağır (tr), hantal (tr)

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• Italian: scomodo