cumbersome

1. 1.

   difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

   “a cumbersome piece of machinery”

   “cumbrous protective clothing”

   Synonymscumbrous

   Similarunwieldy
2. 2.

   not elegant or graceful in expression

   “an awkward prose style”

   “a clumsy apology”

   “his cumbersome writing style”

   “if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”

   Synonymsawkwardclumsyinaptineptill-chosen

   Similarinfelicitous

Questions about cumbersome

What does cumbersome mean?

cumbersome means "difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cumbersome?

cumbersome has 3 syllables: cum-ber-some. The stress falls on "cum". In IPA it is /ˈkʌmbɚsəm/.

What is another word for cumbersome?

Close synonyms include cumbrous, awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cumbersome a common word?

cumbersome is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.