"cumbersome" adjective difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbrous (http://word.sc/cumbrous)] not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward (http://word.sc/awkward), clumsy (http://word.sc/clumsy), inapt (http://word.sc/inapt), inept (http://word.sc/inept), ill-chosen (http://word.sc/ill-chosen)] Source: http://www.word.sc/cumbersome

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