What does cumbered mean?
Cumbered means (archaic) Encumbered; hampered..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(archaic) Encumbered; hampered..
Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour.
Townsend was five hundred miles from his base, outnumbered, cumbered with sick and wounded. He faced disaster.
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Cumbered means (archaic) Encumbered; hampered..
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Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour.
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