cumbersome

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

cumber (“hindrance”) +‎ -some.

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/

AdjectiveEdit

cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)

1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward.

   Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

   A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Thesaurus:difficult

Derived termsEdit

• cumbersomely
• cumbersomeness

SynonymsEdit

• cumbrous
• unwieldy

TranslationsEdit

burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous

• Bulgarian: тежък (bg) (težǎk), обременителен (bg) (obremenitelen)
• Dutch: hinderlijk (nl), lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl), zwaar (nl)
• Finnish: vaivalloinen (fi), hankala (fi)
• French: encombrant (fr)
• German: hinderlich, lästig, mühsam (de), beschwerlich (de)
• Italian: ingombrante (it)

• Maori: hīrawerawe
• Polish: uciążliwy (pl) m
• Portuguese: incómodo (pt) (Portugal), incômodo (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: обремени́тельный (ru) (obremenítelʹnyj), затрудни́тельный (ru) (zatrudnítelʹnyj), тя́гостный (ru) (tjágostnyj)
• Spanish: pesado (es)
• Turkish: külfetli (tr)

not easily managed or handled; awkward

• Bulgarian: неудобен (bg) (neudoben)
• Dutch: lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl), onhandig (nl), zwaar (nl)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi), hankalasti käsiteltävä (fi), hankalakäyttöinen
• German: (objects) sperrig (de), (procedure) umständlich (de)
• Italian: difficile da usare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uhåndterlig

• Polish: nieporęczny (pl) m, niewygodny (pl) m
• Portuguese: desajeitado (pt)
• Russian: громо́здкий (ru) (gromózdkij), неудо́бный (ru) (neudóbnyj)
• Turkish: zor taşınır

hard, difficult, demanding to handle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麻烦的

• Dutch: lastig (nl), moeilijk (nl), moeizaam (nl)
• Finnish: vaivalloinen (fi), rasittava (fi)
• French: pénible (fr), fastidieux (fr)

• German: schwierig (de)
• Hungarian: nehéz (hu)
• Polish: nieporęczny (pl) m
• Russian: сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj)
• Turkish: zor (tr)

inert, lumbering, slow in movement

• Dutch: log (nl), lastig (nl)
• Finnish: kömpelö (fi)
• French: lourd (fr), lent (fr)

• German: schwerfällig (de)
• Hungarian: lomha (hu)
• Turkish: ağır (tr), hantal (tr)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scomodo (it)