English Dictionary

cumbersome

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʌmbəsəm/

形容詞

Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious / Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy. / Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

日本語の意味

重荷になったり邪魔になるほどの厄介さを持ち、取り扱いにくい状態を指す。 / 扱いにくく、ぎこちなく、不器用な様子。 / 取り扱いに困難を伴い、うまく処理できない状態。

The cumbersome filing system made it difficult for employees to find important documents quickly.

扱いにくく負担になるファイリングシステムのせいで、従業員は重要な書類を素早く見つけることが難しかった。

意味（1）

Burdensome or hindering, as if a weight or drag; vexatious

You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here, said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.

意味（2）

Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.

Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.

意味（3）

Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

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

意味（4）

Inert, lumbering, slow in movement

more cumbersome （ comparative ）

most cumbersome （ superlative ）