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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.
It is ironic that a word as cumbersome as tetrahydrogestrinone should be the name of a drug so easy to digest.
The film is a cumbersome, wayward commercial endeavor that goes over like a lead balloon before plummeting into insignificance.
Steep turns, loops, barrel rolls and wing-overs are easy and fun and slow rolls are heavy and a bit cumbersome but still great fun.
It felt as heavy and cumbersome as armour, though she was warm and snug enough.
Whether they are rightists or leftists, political entrepreneurs find commitment to an established ideological institution extremely cumbersome.

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