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Meanings of cumbersomeness in anglès

Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.

Synonyms
Examples for "awkwardness"
Examples for "awkwardness"
1
There was an awkwardness building; we were struggling to find common ground.
The Guardian
2
One of my colleagues was commenting on the awkwardness of this situation.
Fire With Fire
3
The duke was the first to relieve the awkwardness of the moment.
The Goose Girl
4
In movement and speech she was brisk to the point of awkwardness.
The Information Officer
5
That was the major reason I avoided you myself, to avoid awkwardness.
Knife of dreams
1
Even a sawed-off job had a certain unwieldiness compared to a handgun.
Death angel
2
But, the collie, for all his years and unwieldiness, was still a collie.
Further Adventures of Lad
3
The problem with the UK's three-pronged monster is its unwieldiness.
Wired
4
At last, after days of painful crawling, I dragged my unwieldiness to the tree-foot.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
5
Armies too large rot by their own unwieldiness into decay.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
Usage of cumbersomeness in anglès
1
De Chenu's exhibition has none of the cumbersomeness the title might suggest.
The Irish Times
2
The ugly cumbersomeness of the furniture alone impressed her now.
Night and Day
3
Owing to its cumbersomeness the old-fashioned way of handling it becomes obsolete, and new methods will have to be adopted and hydraulic machinery procured.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
Frequent collocations
Cumbersomeness through the time