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Adjective: cumbersome  kúm-bu(r)-sum
  1. Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
    "a cumbersome piece of machinery";
    - cumbrous
     
  2. Not elegant or graceful in expression
    "his cumbersome writing style";
    - awkward, clumsy, inapt, inept, ill-chosen, clunky [informal]

See also: infelicitous, unmanageable, unwieldy

Encyclopedia: Cumbersome