- 1. a. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. Source: opted
- 3. adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. not elegant or graceful in expression Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 6. j:100 s. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight Source: ecdict
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