Cumbersome

Something that is large or heavy, making it hard to move or use easily. For example, a big box or a heavy backpack can be cumbersome to carry around.

Examples

• Carrying the cumbersome backpack filled with books made it hard for me to walk quickly to class.
• The old computer is so cumbersome that it takes up a lot of space on my desk and is hard to move.
• When we went camping, we realized our tent was too cumbersome to set up by ourselves in the windy weather.

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