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Synonyms for cumbersomeness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhm-ber-suhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌm bər səm

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Définition of cumbersomeness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from cumber (v.) + -some (1). Meaning "unwieldy, hard to carry" is from 1590s. Related: Cumbersomely; cumbersomeness.
  • As in inconvenience : noun bother, trouble
  • As in awkwardness : noun difficulty
  • As in incommodiousness : noun inconvenience
  • As in incommodity : noun inconvenience
Example sentences :
  • The phlogistic theory was destroyed by its own cumbersomeness.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry » by M. M. Pattison Muir
  • He was one of those huge, bottle-shaped boys who are always in motion in spite of their cumbersomeness.
  • Extract from : « Seventeen » by Booth Tarkington
  • The term, principally owing to its cumbersomeness, is being gradually superseded in modern law by that of “beneficiary.”
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 » by Various

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