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CUMBERSOMENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cumbersomeness mean?
• CUMBERSOMENESS (noun)
The noun CUMBERSOMENESS has 1 sense:
1. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Familiarity information: CUMBERSOMENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
awkwardness; cumbersomeness; unwieldiness
Context example:
the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
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)
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