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Adjective: ponderous  pón-du-rus
  1. Slow and laborious because of weight
    "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn";
    - heavy, lumbering
     
  2. Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
    "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
     
  3. Laboured and dull
    "a ponderous speech"

See also: heavy, heavy-footed, lame, lameo [informal], meh [informal], uninspiring, uninteresting

Encyclopedia: Ponderous