Ponderous - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɑːndərəs|
Brit.
|ˈpɒnd(ə)rəs|
adjective
- slow and laborious because of weight (syn: heavy, lumbering)
ponderous prehistoric beasts
a ponderous yawn
- having great mass and weight and unwieldinessa ponderous yawn
a ponderous stone
a ponderous burden
ponderous weapons
- labored and dulla ponderous burden
ponderous weapons
a ponderous speech
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...fell asleep during the ponderous speech...
The system, though ponderous, works.
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