cumbersome

/ˈkʌmbɚsəm/

adjective

  1. 1

    Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious

  2. 2

    Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

    Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  3. 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.
  4. 4

    Inert, lumbering, slow in movement

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