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cum⋅ber⋅some

  [kuhm-ber-suhm]
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–adjective
1. burdensome; troublesome.
2. unwieldy; clumsy.
Origin:
1325–75; ME cummyrsum. See cumber, -some 1

Related forms:
cum⋅ber⋅some⋅ly, adverb
cum⋅ber⋅some⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. heavy, weighty, onerous. 2. awkward.
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cum·ber·some   (kŭm'bər-səm)   
adj.  

  1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy.

  2. Troublesome or onerous.

cum'ber·some·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

cumbersome 
1375, acombren "obstructing progress," from O.Fr. encombrer, from combre "obstruction, barrier," from V.L. *comboros "that which is carried together," perhaps from a Gaulish word. The roots are PIE *kom (see com-) + *bher- "to bear" (see infer). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1594.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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