What does cumbersome mean?
Cumbersome means Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious..
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/ˈkʌmbəsəm/ · adjective
Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious..
"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.
Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
The full title of the unified system, the South Eastern & London, Chatham & Dover Railways, was decidedly cumbersome, and for the sake of convenience was shortened to the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
Use cumbersome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cumbersome means Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious..
Common synonyms include cumbrous, lumpish, unwieldy, inept.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here," said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.
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