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cumbrous

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  1. 1. a. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Giving trouble; vexatious. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey. 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. Spenser. -- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n. Source: webster
  5. 5. s difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight Source: ecdict

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