cumbersome

Example Sentences

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A $3,500 price tag and cumbersome battery pack tethered to the headset certainly weren’t selling points.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

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

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

“That would be a cumbersome process. The tariffs have to be more specifically framed and the subject of an investigation,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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