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Encumbered vs Cumbersome - What's the difference?

encumbered | cumbersome |

As adjectives the difference between encumbered and cumbersome

is that encumbered is weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow while cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

As a verb encumbered

is (encumber).

encumbered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

    • Antonyms

    * unencumbered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encumber)

    • 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