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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cumbersome adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: {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}, {inapt}, {inept}, {ill-chosen}]
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