Antonyms for cumbersome
ˈkʌm bər səmcum·ber·some

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1. cumbersomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous

2. cumbersomeadjective

   burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous

3. cumbersomeadjective

   Not easily managed or handled; awkward

   Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous

4. cumbersomeadjective

   Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with

   A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous

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1. cumbersome, cumbrousadjective

   difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight

   "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"

   Antonyms:
   felicitous, wieldy

   Synonyms:
   inept, inapt, cumbrous, awkward, clumsy, ill-chosen

2. awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosenadjective

   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?"

   Antonyms:
   wieldy, felicitous

   Synonyms:
   cumbrous, unenviable, feckless, ungainly, ill-chosen, tactless, fumbling, clumsy, inapt, gawky, awkward, bunglesome, bungling, inept, incompetent, unwieldy, embarrassing, clunky, ill at ease(p), uneasy, sticky

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1. cumbersomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   burdensome, troublesome, unwieldy, unmanageable

How to use cumbersome in a sentence?

1. Boris Pasternak:

   It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.

2. Lee Gelernt:

   When the government wants to marshal its resources to separate families, it has shown that it can do it quickly and efficiently, but when told to reunite families, it somehow finds it too difficult and cumbersome to accomplish.

3. Annette Hosoi:

   When the animal is out of the water, blubber can be heavy and cumbersome.

4. Chief Executive Mike Laven:

   The existing system that goes through banks is expensive, it's cumbersome, it's full of friction and is complex, and there's a lack of transparency. We think it's worse for businesses than it is for individuals.

5. Gary Paulin:

   It's a really cumbersome process with around 80 reporting fields, it's a real pain and it costs money.

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