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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight;
- Example: "a cumbersome piece of machinery"
- Example: "cumbrous protective clothing"
[syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]

2. not elegant or graceful in expression;
- Example: "an awkward prose style"
- Example: "a clumsy apology"
- Example: "his cumbersome writing style"
- Example: "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
[syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen]



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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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):

cumbersome
    adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
           weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
           protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
    2: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose
       style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style";
       "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to
       repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome,
       inapt, inept, ill-chosen]