cumbersome
[ˈkʌmbərsəm]
Definition:
1. Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight.
2. Very complicated and inefficient.
Use 'cumbersome' in a sentence:
- 1. SSL client side authentication: This is the most secure, but it is cumbersome for shoppers to install on their browsers.
- 2. This is a very cumbersome approach, though.
- 3. The organization changed its cumbersome title to something easier to remember.
- 4. This can be very expensive and cumbersome, both conceptually and computationally.
- 5. The old woman dangled several cumbersome big bags in her hand.
- 6. This trunk is too cumbersome to carry.
- 7. Moving to a new country and getting used to its culture and customs can be a cumbersome process.
- 8. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
- 9. The furniture is too cumbersome to move.
- 10. The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
- 11. Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.
- 12. An old and cumbersome computer system.