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A Writer's Dictionary:

cumbersome Definition


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cumbersome
adj
    1. Awkward, unwieldy or unmanageable.
      Thesaurus: burdensome, awkward, unwieldy, bulky, clumsy, ponderous, hefty, incommodious, onerous; Antonym: manageable, convenient.
Etymology: 16c in this sense; 14c in obsolete sense ‘obstructing motion': from cumber, short for encumber + -some.



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