cumbersome
11cumbersome — cum|ber|some [ kʌmbərsəm ] adjective 1. ) not simple, fast, or effective enough and difficult or annoying to use: a cumbersome system/process/technique a ) large, heavy, and difficult to move or carry: Modern hand held cameras are far less… …
12cumbersome — adjective 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult: The technique was cumbersome and created problems with sound reproduction. 2 heavy and difficult to move: cumbersome equipment that slowed us down considerably 3 words or… …
13cumbersome — UK [ˈkʌmbə(r)s(ə)m] / US [ˈkʌmbərsəm] adjective 1) not simple, fast, or effective enough and difficult or annoying to use a cumbersome system/process/technique 2) large, heavy, and difficult to move or carry Modern hand held cameras are far less… …
14cumbersome — adjective a) burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous. Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production. b) Not easily managed or handled; awkward A …
15cumbersome — adjective 1) a cumbersome diving suit Syn: unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward, clumsy, inconvenient, incommodious; bulky, large, heavy, hefty, weighty, burdensome; informal hulking, clunky See note at hea …
16cumbersome — adj. Cumbersome is used with these nouns: ↑bureaucracy …
17cumbersome — adjective Date: 1535 1. dialect burdensome, troublesome 2. unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk 3. slow moving ; ponderous Synonyms: see heavy • cumbersomely adv …
18cumbersome — cumbersomely, adv. cumbersomeness, n. /kum beuhr seuhm/, adj. 1. burdensome; troublesome. 2. unwieldy; clumsy. [1325 75; ME cummyrsum. See CUMBER, SOME1] Syn. 1. heavy, weighty, onerous. 2. awkward. * * * …
19cumbersome — Synonyms and related words: all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, burdensome, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, contrary, crosswise, cumbrous, elephantine, encumbering,… …
20cumbersome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cumbrous, unwieldy, clumsy, burdensome, ponderous, oppressive. See hindrance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. heavy, clumsy, awkward, bulky, unmanageable, unwieldy, hefty, ponderous, massive,… …
