Cum"ber*some (km"br-sm), a.
1.
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
To perform a cumbersome obedience.
Sir. P. Sidney.
2.
Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous.
I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
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