Meaning

4 senses
  1. Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.

    hinderlich, lästig, mühsam, beschwerlich

    обремени́тельныйobremenítelʹnyj, затрудни́тельныйzatrudnítelʹnyj, тя́гостныйtjágostnyj

  2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward or clumsy.

    Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

    sperrig, umständlich

    громо́здкийgromózdkij, неудо́бныйneudóbnyj

  3. Hard, difficult, and demanding to handle or get around with.

    A slave’s work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    schwierig

    сло́жныйslóžnyj, проблематичныйproblematičnyj

    difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

  4. Inert, lumbering, or slow in movement.

    schwerfällig

    объёмныйobʺjómnyj, грузныйgruznyj, объёмистыйobʺjómistyj

Examples

8 sentences
  1. It was cumbersome.

    ruЭто было затруднительно.

    deEs war umständlich.

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  2. English is like a gated community; access is possible but cumbersome.

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  3. Government red tape has made the process very cumbersome and hard to understand.

    ruПравительственная бюрократия сделала процедуру очень громоздкой и трудной для понимания.

    deStaatsbürokratie hat den Prozess sehr umständlich und schwer verständlich gemacht.

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  4. Our equipment is very cumbersome.

    ruНаше оборудование очень громоздкое.

    deUnsere Ausrüstung ist sehr sperrig.

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  5. This process is very cumbersome.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous:
not easily managed or handled; awkward:
hard, difficult, demanding to handle:
inert, lumbering, slow in movement:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous:
not easily managed or handled; awkward:
hard, difficult, demanding to handle:
inert, lumbering, slow in movement:

Origin

From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Comp

From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.

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Forms

more cumbersome, most cumbersome
Comparativemore cumbersome Lesson
Superlativemost cumbersome Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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