cumbersome

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Hegseth’s language choices and petulant tone do not demonstrate an ignorance of what rhetorical situations demand of him; instead, they reflect a refusal to be emasculated by such cumbersome norms.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

In more recent decades, Israel lost that offensive edge, and the army was forced into cumbersome urban warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Shaffer succeeds in this regard, but the wordy play grows cumbersome in its final explanatory stages.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Wireless telegraphy, as radio was then called, required equipment that was too heavy and cumbersome to be carried into battle.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman