cumbersome

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CUMBERSOME, adjective 1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as cumbersome obedience. 2. Unwieldy; unmanageable not easily borne or managed; as a cumbersome load; a cumbersome machine.
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