cumbersome
Meanings
adj
- Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.
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Etymology
From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.
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