cumbersomeness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cumbersomeness
    n 1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
         "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn:
         {awkwardness}, {cumbersomeness}, {unwieldiness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cumbersome \cum"ber*some\ (k?m"b?r-s?m), a.
   1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag;
      embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
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            To perform a cumbersome obedience.    --Sir. P.
                                                  Sidney.
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   2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or
      machine.
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            He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering,
            cumbersome, circuitous.               --I. Taylor.
      -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n.
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