Cumbersome vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?
cumbersome | unmanageable | Related terms |
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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Cumbersome is a related term of unmanageable.
As adjectives the difference between cumbersome and unmanageable
is that cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous while unmanageable is not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.cumbersome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* cumbersomely * cumbersomenessSynonyms
* cumbrousunmanageable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable , unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}