Log in
Home  »  1100 Words You Need to Know FlashcardsEnglish Vocabulary in Context   »   Cumbersome 1100 Words You Need Week 34 Day 1

Cumbersome 1100 Words You Need Week 34 Day 1

Last updated on October 5, 2020 | 64 Views | Reading Time: 1 minute

Cumbersome 1100 Words You Need Week 34 Day 1

Cumbersome 1100 Words You Need Week 34 Day 1

/ˈkʌm.bə.səm/ US /-bɚ-/ (adj)

heavy, large and difficult to carry or deal with, awkward, bulky and massive, complicated and problematic, unwieldy, burdensome, ungainly, clumsy

In the last decade, the ability to transfer data electronically has developed enormously. One of the key problems in developing transfer technology is authenticating the web surfer – the identity of the specific person who has performed an action on the internet cannot be known. This inability to identify prevents innumerable entities from providing services via information transfer technology and thus many procedures are still “stuck”, cumbersome and bureaucratic.

Source: https://www.comsign.co.uk/

Antonym: manageable

Adverb: cumbersomely

Noun: cumbersomeness


About Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl

Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl is an English and Persian instructor, researcher, inventor, author, blogger, SEO expert, website developer, and the creator of LELB Society. He's got a PhD in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Study our guest posting guidelines for authors.

View All 3982 Posts by this Author »

We respond to all comments immediately. View the 30 newest comments and new topics in forums.

Leave a Comment

five × 3 =