| adjective | difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight “a cumbersome piece of machinery” |
| adjective | not elegant or graceful in expression “an awkward prose style” |
| cumbersomeness | noun | trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape |
| awkwardness | noun | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
| clumsiness | noun | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) |
| inaptness | noun | inappropriateness |
| ineptness | noun | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |