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Meaning of 'cumbersome'
Meaning of 'cumbersome' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Cumbersome 
[ a.]
- Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [ a.]- Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
Meaning of 'cumbersome' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. cumbersome [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Example in sentence:
- a cumbersome piece of machinery;
- cumbrous protective clothing
Meaning (2):
- not elegant or graceful in expression
- not elegant or graceful in expression
Example in sentence:
- a clumsy apology;
- an awkward prose style;
- his cumbersome writing style;
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
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