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Cumbrous vs Unwieldy - What's the difference?

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Cumbrous is a related term of unwieldy.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between cumbrous and unwieldy

is that cumbrous is (obsolete) giving trouble; vexatious while unwieldy is (obsolete) ungraceful in movement.

As adjectives the difference between cumbrous and unwieldy

is that cumbrous is unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome while unwieldy is (obsolete) lacking strength; weak.

cumbrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unwieldy because of its weight; cumbersome.
    • He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. — Swift.
    That cumbrous and unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. — De Quincey.
  • * 1946 , Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy , ch. 1
    • In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing.
  • (obsolete) Giving trouble; vexatious.
    • A cloud of cumbrous gnats. — Spenser.

    unwieldy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) lacking strength; weak
  • (obsolete) ungraceful in movement
  • difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity
  • badly managed or operated

    • Derived terms

    * wieldy

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