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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CUMBERSOMENESS, n. Burdensomeness; the quality of being cumbersome and troublesome.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness]
Merriam Webster's
noun see cumbersome
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Cumbersome Cum"ber*some (k?m"b?r-s?m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.
