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[syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
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To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P.
Sidney.
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2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
machine.
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He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cumbersomeness
n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
"the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn:
awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]