cumbersome

Example Sentences

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Unilateral action can be rationalized as acting because it is too cumbersome to mobilize allies whose interests do not align with one’s own.

From Salon

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

Mixing private with public assets, as giant asset managers are racing to do, is confusing, cumbersome and risky.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

I was just clambering over a particularly cumbersome piece of equipment when something brought me up short.

From Literature