cumbrous

• This is a by no means unimportant feature of the Monotype, for it is thus no longer necessary to preserve the heavy, cumbrous, and expensive "plates" of a book in anticipation of a second edition being called for at some future time. —  The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
• It was heavy and cumbrous, and would only retard his progress through the woods. —  Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive
• The oldest rings known were very large and cumbrous, and they were adorned with stones, sometimes flattened to make seals on wax or clay. —  Chatterbox, 1905.
• The colonies were more cumbrous, and opinion when expressed was necessarily representative. —  Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1
• Such a system would be cumbrous, and altogether impracticable. —  The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion

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