Thesaurus: cumbersome

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1. a. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
2. a. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
3. adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
4. adj. not elegant or graceful in expression
5. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
6. j:100 s. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight