Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cumbersome
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Cumbersome
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adj. inconvenient in size, weight, or shape; unwieldy. Derivatives cumbersomely adv. cumbersomeness n. Etymology: ME f. CUMBER + -SOME(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. тяжелый; громоздкий; нескладный the cumbersome old table with twisted legs —- громоздкий старый стол с изогнутыми ножками cumbersome armour —- тяжелое вооружение 2. обременительный cumbersome ceremonies —- обременительные формальности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use. = unwieldy ADJ 2. A cumbersome system or process is very complicated and inefficient. ...an old and cumbersome computer system... = clumsy ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and difficult (The technique was cumbersome and created problems with sound reproduction.) 2 heavy and difficult to move (cumbersome equipment that slowed us down considerably) 3 words or phrases that are cumbersome are long or complicated ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., acombren, from O.Fr. encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from V.L. *comboros "that which is carried together." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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