cumbersome
cum·ber·some
adjective
1.
2.
not elegant or graceful in expression
- “an awkward prose style”
- “a clumsy apology”
- “his cumbersome writing style”
- “if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”
Origin
From Middle English cumbyrsum, cummyrsum; equivalent to cumber (“hindrance”) + -some. Compare encumber and incumbent.
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