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cumbersome

English

Etymology

cumber (“hindrance”) +? -some.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?k?mb?s?m/

Adjective

cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)

  1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
  2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
    Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
    A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
  4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:difficult

Derived terms

  • cumbersomely
  • cumbersomeness

Synonyms

  • cumbrous
  • unwieldy

Translations

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sizeable

English

Adjective

sizeable (comparative more sizeable, superlative most sizeable)

  1. (Britain, alternative in Canada) Alternative spelling of sizable
    • 2015, Daniel Taylor, Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero too good for Chelsea as Diego Costa labours (in The Guardian, 16 August 2015)[1]
      City look stronger, fitter and more motivated than last season and even at this early stage the gap feels like a sizeable advantage.

Derived terms

  • sizeableness
  • sizeably
  • unsizeable

Anagrams

  • seizable

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