cumbersome

UK /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ US /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

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.

3

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.

4

Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.

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