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ponderous

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ponderous in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. slow and laborious because of weight
    "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
    heavy  lumbering  ponderous 
  2. having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
    "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"
    ponderous 
  3. labored and dull
    "a ponderous speech"
    ponderous 
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