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cumbersome

[kuhm-ber-suhm] / ˈkʌm bər səm /


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Like others, Beauchamp says figuring out the real cost of a plane ticket with all those add-ons has become cumbersome.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

“I’ve also seen how cumbersome that can be.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Unilateral action can be rationalized as acting because it is too cumbersome to mobilize allies whose interests do not align with one’s own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

This was expensive, cumbersome, and incurred many internal costs.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

The Egyptians had an extremely cumbersome way of handling fractions.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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