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lumbering
(lum¦ber|ing)
Pronunciation:
/ˈlʌmb(ə)rɪŋ/
adjective
moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way:
Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort
figurative
a lumbering bureaucracy
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