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cumbrous

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkʌmbɹəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bcmorsuuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

Word origin

From Late Middle English combrous (“causing obstruction; clumsy; obstructed; bothersome, difficult; burdensome, onerous; serious; causing trouble, troublesome; dangerous; immoral; unjust, wrongful; upset”) [and other forms], from komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as cumber + -ous.

Used in a sentence

  • Possession's load was grown so great, / He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight: […]
  • In each country writing began with pictures of the objects intended. […] In the course of thousands of years, this cumbrous system developed into alphabetic writing.
  • This class of apparatus, often called today the "poste classique", gave first-class service in every respect but became cumbrous if a large layout had to be controlled.

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