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cumbersome

[kuhm-ber-suhm] / ˈkʌm bər səm /


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Witkoff demurred, as he traveled too much to use the cumbersome system.

From The Wall Street Journal

Brands must not only overcome high customs duties, a cumbersome bureaucracy and infrastructure limitations, but also must compete with a robust domestic luxury market.

From Barron's

The interface was text-based and cumbersome, but the brothers loved experimenting, writing simple programs and using spreadsheets to track side projects like a sports-card-trading business.

From MarketWatch

Critics argue it’s cumbersome, because police have to initiate the process and take the person into custody for mental-health evaluation.

From The Wall Street Journal

India is also known for having cumbersome immigration procedures and a slow pace of visa processing.

From BBC