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cumbersome

[kuhm-ber-suhm] / ˈkʌm bər səm /


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"The film has a few scattered giggles, but it's dawdling and cumbersome, and far less 'relevant' than it thinks," read a review from the Hollywood trade publication Variety.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

He pointed to cumbersome regulations as well as the rising cost of machinery and fertiliser - trends that began before Trump returned to the White House.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Appliance maker SharkNinja is building a tool to allow its finance team to monitor profitability in real time, potentially shaving weeks off the cumbersome process of building a forecast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The city is well aware that the property assessment system described above is painfully cumbersome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

One behind the other, the squadrons marched up the field, executed a cumbersome turn around the reviewing stand and marched down the field and back to their barracks.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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