Explore Cumbersome through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like cumbrous or unwieldy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cumbersome in a sentence
Cumbersome meaning
- Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious.
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
Synonyms of Cumbersome
Using Cumbersome
- The main meaning on this page is: Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious. | Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy. | Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
- Useful related words include: cumbrous, unwieldy, unmanageable, awkward.
- In the example corpus, cumbersome often appears in combinations such as: cumbersome and, the cumbersome, and cumbersome.
Context around Cumbersome
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cumbersome
- In this selection, "cumbersome" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, involved, less, confirmation, kit and hiring stand out and add context to how "cumbersome" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and very cumbersome and became too cumbersome to prepare. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cumbersome" sits close to words such as achieves, ado and arisen, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cumbersome
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two, it is cumbersome to register and collect PVCs. (9 words)
Because it's a lot; it is heavy and very cumbersome. (11 words)
I’ve always pictured people going into labs, plugging these cumbersome things on. (13 words)
They are cumbersome and difficult to manoeuvre in confined places such as stores, boutiques, supermarkets etc, even shotguns are not advised due to the fact that the pellets cone out and numerous innocent persons could be injured or killed. (39 words)
Technically, it is possible to download apps from outside of Google’s Play Store, but Epic argued that for most people this is too cumbersome, requiring as many as 16 steps, for instance, to download Fortnite. (36 words)
The cumbersome and time-consuming processes of land acquisition across Nigeria has been a major contributing factor to the inability of Africa’s largest economy to evolve an effective and accessible mortgage system for home ownership. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
After recovering, Klainert changed her menu to include pizzas because it became too cumbersome to prepare the individual and handcrafted pastries from her previous menu.
A seamless and embedded compliance procedure is the solution – reducing the friction in what can be a clumsy or cumbersome confirmation process.
Because it's a lot; it is heavy and very cumbersome.
Compared with the cumbersome kit we had in our earlier days, this one device has all the adaptors needed, especially useful when one trip includes the varied electrical needs of different countries.
Couple that with cumbersome hiring processes and private sector salary competition—it is hard to see this changing.
Except for a very restrictive and cumbersome medical marijuana statute, the State of Georgia has criminalized marijuana possession for any other purposes.
He described it as a “blessing” that has relieved the hassles of his previous journeys from Dubai to Skardu, which involved cumbersome connections through Islamabad or Karachi and were often hampered by weather-related delays.
Hon. Matambo explained to the officials that the Community Development Fund (CDF) had cumbersome bottlenecks and processes, and those bottlenecks have since been removed.
In fact, I found it less cumbersome to work on paper as wall paintings took much more time to dry, making the process much longer.
It is cumbersome and it is unhelpful to the functioning of this system,” she said.
I’ve always pictured people going into labs, plugging these cumbersome things on.
Make it as inconvenient and cumbersome as possible to use your cards, so that you’ll be less tempted to make unplanned purchases.
Technically, it is possible to download apps from outside of Google’s Play Store, but Epic argued that for most people this is too cumbersome, requiring as many as 16 steps, for instance, to download Fortnite.
The administration of small business services is not cumbersome the problem of coordination and communication which is a major setback to the operations of large firms is therefore easily solved in small businesses.
The cumbersome and time-consuming processes of land acquisition across Nigeria has been a major contributing factor to the inability of Africa’s largest economy to evolve an effective and accessible mortgage system for home ownership.
The fruit is cumbersome and has a tough exterior rind, which can make it a pain to chop into single portions.
The installation of the incinerator was however, hampered by the cumbersome process of obtaining permits from the state, Luude said.
They are cumbersome and difficult to manoeuvre in confined places such as stores, boutiques, supermarkets etc, even shotguns are not advised due to the fact that the pellets cone out and numerous innocent persons could be injured or killed.
Two, it is cumbersome to register and collect PVCs.
Unlike its big brother, the cumbersome office chair, you can store this chair in any closest when you're OOO.
Common combinations with cumbersome
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cumbersome and 43×
- the cumbersome 23×
- and cumbersome 22×
- cumbersome to 19×
- is cumbersome 13×
- less cumbersome 11×
- too cumbersome 8×
- cumbersome for 8×
- cumbersome process 7×
- more cumbersome 7×