cumbersome

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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 • Mar. 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

“That would be a cumbersome process. The tariffs have to be more specifically framed and the subject of an investigation,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

One behind the other, the squadrons marched up the field, executed a cumbersome turn around the reviewing stand and marched down the field and back to their barracks.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller