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What does cumbersome mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cumbersome? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
  2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
  3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
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Alaskans are aware of our responsibilities in protecting our environment, and our state has cumbersome and detailed permitting requirements.
So, it's a fairly long, cumbersome process, and everyone gets a kick at the can.
It felt as heavy and cumbersome as armour, though she was warm and snug enough.
The film is a cumbersome, wayward commercial endeavor that goes over like a lead balloon before plummeting into insignificance.
The use of roller bearings eliminates the necessity of using heavy, slow acting, cumbersome and dangerous counterweights.
He noticed that the leeboards were cumbersome, noisy and they tended to pick up debris.

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