cumbersome
Collocations
5ADJ.
english, hard, possible
VERB + CUMBERSOME
process, throw
CUMBERSOME + NOUN
machines
PREP.
off
ADV.
decidedly, extremely, really
Definitions
adj
Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.
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Idioms & Phrases
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6"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for hi
WiktionaryCumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
WiktionaryThe full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railw
WiktionaryEnglish is like a gated community; access is possible but cumbersome.
Tatoeba · #1564359Government red tape has made the process very cumbersome and hard to understand.
Tatoeba · #3922863It was cumbersome.
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