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/ˈkʌm.bə.ɡɹaʊnd/ · noun
(obsolete) Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way..
Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.
Use cumber ground when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cumber ground means (obsolete) Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way..
Common synonyms include cumberworld.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit.
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