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It was hard to see things clearly, and their range of motion was severely hampered by the cumbersome costumes.

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As powerful as the cumbersome vessel was, it was not the easiest ship to steer, which made it dangerous to operate in such a windy site so close to shore.

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Brands must not only overcome high customs duties, a cumbersome bureaucracy and infrastructure limitations, but also must compete with a robust domestic luxury market.

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The interface was text-based and cumbersome, but the brothers loved experimenting, writing simple programs and using spreadsheets to track side projects like a sports-card-trading business.

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Critics argue it’s cumbersome, because police have to initiate the process and take the person into custody for mental-health evaluation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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