cumbersome

cum·ber·some  (kmbr-sm)

adj.

1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy.

2. Troublesome or onerous.

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cumber·some·ly adv.

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cumbersome or cumbrous

Adjective

1. awkward because of size or shape

2. difficult because of complexity: the cumbersome appeals procedure

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cumbersome - difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" cumbrous unmanageable, unwieldy - difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
	2.	cumbersome - not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" ill-chosen, inapt, inept, clumsy, awkward infelicitous - not appropriate in application; defective; "an infelicitous remark"; "infelicitous phrasing"; "the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy"

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cumbersome

adjective 1. awkward, heavy, hefty (informal) clumsy, bulky, weighty, impractical, inconvenient, burdensome, unmanageable, clunky (informal) << OPPOSITE easy to use

adjective 2. inefficient, unwieldy, badly organized << OPPOSITE efficient

Translations

cumbersome [ˈkʌmbəsəm] adj → voluminoso

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cumbersome [ˈkʌmbəsəm] adj → encombrant(e) → embarrassant(e)

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cumbersome [ˈkʌmbəsəm] adj (suitcase etc) → sperrig, unhandlich;

(piece of machinery) → schwer zu handhaben;

(clothing) → hinderlich;

(process) → umständlich

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cumbersome [ˈkʌmbəsəm] adj → ingombrante