Definition for CUM'BER-SOME

CUM'BER-SOME, a.

  1. Troublesome; burdensome; embarrassing; vexatious; as, cumbersome obedience. – Sidney.
  2. Unwieldy; unmanageable; not easily borne or managed; as, a cumbersome load; a cumbersome machine.

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