cumbersome
[adjective]
Synonyms: awkward, bulky, burdensome, heavy, unmanageable, unwieldy, weighty

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Related Words: irksome, tiresome, wearisome

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cum‧ber‧some /ˈkʌmbəsəm $ -bər-/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: cumber 'to prevent from moving freely, load' (14-20 centuries) (from encumber) + -some]

1. a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult:
Doctors are complaining that the system is cumbersome and bureaucratic.
cumbersome procedures

2. heavy and difficult to move:
a large cumbersome machine

3. words or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated

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