cumbersome
adjective/ˈkʌmbəsəm/
/ˈkʌmbərsəm/
- large and heavy; difficult to carry synonym bulky
- cumbersome machinery
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- slow and complicated
- cumbersome legal procedures
- (of words or phrases) long or complicated
- The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through’): from cumber ‘obstruct’ + -some.
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