cumbersomeness

Questions about cumbersomeness

What does cumbersomeness mean?

cumbersomeness means "trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape".

How many syllables are in cumbersomeness?

cumbersomeness has 5 syllables and divides as cum-ber-so-me-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cumbersomeness?

Close synonyms include awkwardness, unwieldiness. 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 cumbersomeness a common word?

cumbersomeness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.