cumbersome
adjective
1. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
Similar word(s): unmanageable, unwieldy, cumbrous
2. not elegant or graceful in expression
- his cumbersome writing style
Similar word(s): infelicitous, awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept
Sentences with cumbersome as an adjective:
- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.