cumbersome
/ˈkʌmbɚsəm/
adjective
- 1
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
- 2
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
“Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.”
- 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
Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
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