cumbersome
adjective/ˈkʌmbərsəm/
Frequency rank: #11,032 most common English word
Meaning
Large, heavy, or difficult to handle; inefficient and awkward to use.
Example sentence
The old filing system was so cumbersome that workers spent hours searching for a single document.
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