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cumbersome

[kuhm-ber-suhm] / ˈkʌm bər səm /


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Cumbersome documentation requirements have kept many people from getting the money they need to avoid eviction.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2021

Cumbersome as all this would be, I felt lucky to have found a ride at all.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2016

Friday: The two finest breweries on the Delmarva peninsula recently collaborated to make Pants Are Cumbersome, a limited-release sour stout brewed with rye and beach plums.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2016

Cumbersome customs procedures and poor rail links explain why the export capacity of Vladivostok’s port is minuscule compared with similar ports in neighbouring countries.

From Economist • Sep. 6, 2012

Cumbersome fish wheels revolve sedately where the silver-sided salmon run in the springtime.

From In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making by Putnam, George Palmer




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