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CUMBERSOMENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Example:
the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
Synonyms:
awkwardness; cumbersomeness; unwieldiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cumbersomeness" is a kind of...):
inconvenience; troublesomeness; worriment (a difficulty that causes anxiety)
Derivation:
cumbersome (difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight)
