cumbersome

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That’s crucial because, until then, it was extremely difficult and cumbersome to make this trade, which in turn kept a lid on the number of investors actually following the strategy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 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

It was a cumbersome way of doing business, but it got the job done and went far beyond what Archimedes needed to solve his thought experiment.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife