Sentence examples for the cumbersome from inspiring English sources

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the cumbersome

adjective

Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious

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But the cumbersome procedures are already taking their toll.

Congress should repeal the cumbersome Dodd-Frank financial apparatus.

The cumbersome is collapsing, outpaced by the nimble.

Yet the cumbersome appearance betrays an agile intellect.

It's a pity the cumbersome flashbacks weigh it down.

The dashing Spanish cape had replaced the cumbersome gown.

She decided to tackle the cumbersome and financially draining examination access procedures.

Tossed into the cumbersome workers' compensation system, he has never left.

He again asked the Legislature to streamline the cumbersome formulas for allotting aid to schools.

They quickly introduced bills that were fast-tracked through the cumbersome legislative process.

The modest provision that was cut would have done away with the cumbersome process.

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