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cumbersome

[kuhm-ber-suhm] / ˈkʌm bər səm /


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Like others, Beauchamp says figuring out the real cost of a plane ticket with all those add-ons has become cumbersome.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Hegseth’s language choices and petulant tone do not demonstrate an ignorance of what rhetorical situations demand of him; instead, they reflect a refusal to be emasculated by such cumbersome norms.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

In more recent decades, Israel lost that offensive edge, and the army was forced into cumbersome urban warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

This was expensive, cumbersome, and incurred many internal costs.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

His system was cumbersome and often vexing, but if the technicians were well trained, it was far better than no system at all.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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