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Synonyms for cumbersome

The synonym for cumbersome recorded in this bank is unwieldy, in the sense "awkward to carry or handle because of size or weight". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for cumbersome

unwieldyadjective, in the sense "awkward to carry or handle because of size or weight"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day cumbersome is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineObjects

awkward to carry or handle because of size or weight

The cumbersome suitcase kept banging against her legs as she climbed the stairs.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

unwieldy

Same sentence, swapped: The unwieldy suitcase kept banging against her legs as she climbed the stairs.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for cumbersome in the sentence quoted.

waterproof
spacious
colorful

Where cumbersome turns up in the game

cumbersome is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where cumbersome is the trap

boorishadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is neanderthal, in the sense "ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance", and cumbersome is one of the three tiles that lose.
ineptadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is feckless, in the sense "generally incompetent and ineffectual", and cumbersome is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play cumbersome

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The wrong tile gets explained too

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