cumbrousnessn.
/ˈkʌmbrəsnɪs/ The quality of being cumbrous, troublesome, burdensome, or unwieldy.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassing quality
cumbrousness1557
cumbersomeness1571
plaguesomeness1860
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > quality of
cumbersomeness1571
cloggishness1674
cumbrousness1858
1557 Primer Eng. & Lat. sig. P.ii Make me..sadde and sober without comberousnes.
1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 39 The cumbrousness of ceremonies.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 323/1 The weight and cumbrousness of the apparatus required.
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