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cumbersome | enc |

As an adjective cumbersome

is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

As an abbreviation enc is

enclosure indicating that a letter is accompanied by further material, lang=en.

cumbersome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  • Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
    • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  • Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
    • A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cumbersomely * cumbersomeness

    Synonyms

    * cumbrous

    enc

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • enclosure
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