Both Uses of
cumbersome
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Chain saws were relatively new then; the Eastman Company used them for their logging operations, but very selectively—they were heavy and cumbersome, not nearly so light and powerful as they are today.†
p. 424.9
- He was a wild, hairy young man in a purple caftan—oblivious to how the girls stared at him and seemingly held together by wires and cords that entangled him in his cumbersome recording equipment.†
p. 583.2 *
Definition:
difficult to handle or awkward