cumbersome

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
  2. Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
  3. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
  4. Inert, lumbering, slow in movement.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈkʌmbəsəm/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.

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