Not elegant or graceful in expression.
Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.
1 Existing legislation is cumbersome , complicated and ineffective in our increasingly urban society.
2 That's one way to solve the storage problem, albeit a cumbersome one.
3 The structure of the proposed Public Services Standards Commission is unduly cumbersome .
4 However, the interpretation of shear modulus distribution is often confusing and cumbersome .
5 His enormous sea shells, cast in polished bronze, are cumbersome and costly.
6 Roadblocks: Investors betting on the sector have to bear the cumbersome bureaucracy.
7 Probably the long cumbersome tail of the Phenax has a similar use.
8 But the costs of vaccination are high and the procedure is cumbersome .
9 The plows of the period were cumbersome and did their work poorly.
10 MaNtuli commits to a cumbersome vocation in order to realise her dream.
11 It's all a bit cumbersome , but sometimes busting ghosts means not complaining.
12 The Lensman and the observer helped him into his cumbersome , heavily-padded armor.
13 Percy held them steady as the cumbersome former island nudged in close.
14 They pushed their way awkwardly through the undergrowth with slow cumbersome steps.
15 Drums are cumbersome instruments, drummers get attention by being loud and bombastic.
16 Neat, loose and convenient pajamas succeeded the cumbersome petticoats of everyday life.
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Cumbersome в диалектах
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