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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
- Example: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
[syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. [1913 Webster] To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. [1913 Webster] He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cumbersomeness n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]