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· cumbersome
adjective
difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
"a cumbersome piece of machinery"
not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"
Similar words
cumbrous
awkward
clumsy
ill-chosen
inapt
inept
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).