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Definition
difficult to handle — especially because of size or shape or weight
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not elegant or graceful in expression
or:
not elegant or graceful in expression
- 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
- 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
There are no more uses of "cumbersome" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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