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ponderous

British pronunciation/pˈɒndəɹəs/
American pronunciation/ˈpɑndɝəs/
ponderous
[ADJECTIVE]
1

displaying a sense of slowness or lack of agility due to real or perceived weight or massiveness

synonyms : heavy
lumbering
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2

having great mass and weight and unwieldiness

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3

possessing the quality of being very boring, slow, and serious, particularly used for speeches and writings

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Examples
1Anyway the bazaar featured a cake of ponderous proportions.
2As the ponderous load of bloatware makes plain.
3Breaking camp at sunrise, Guy’s army began its ponderous eastward march over Galilee’s dusty plains in the blistering summer heat.
4This is a ponderous cartoon by Robert Carter, clearly done by Hearst's demand.
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