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# How to pronounce "cumbered" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/kʌmbɛrɛd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **cum·be·red**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective, verb
- **ADJECTIVE**: Encumbered; hampered.
  - *Example*: "Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour."
- **VERB**: simple past and past participle of cumber

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "cumbered" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "great multitude of mercy and few there be that asth it heartly they be so cumbered with worldly riches that needs on them I must do Justice on every man living without fear Where Art Thou death thou Mighty"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 4:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crn7UqlxO40&t=293s)

### Example 2
> "as it was his trousers cumbered him in that desperate race and presently when"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 104:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtRJkpmvoJc&t=6260s)

### Example 3
> "lives to save but the soul of one with care was cumbered kinship true can never"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 153:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kTS1Ex-dig&t=9212s)

### Example 4
> "yet alive meanwhile we moved on to the ground of the encounter which was cumbered by about"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 396:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtRJkpmvoJc&t=23804s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Synonyms**: [encumber](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/encumber)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "cumbered" correctly?
"cumbered" is pronounced `/kʌmbɛrɛd/`. Syllable breakdown: **cum·be·red**.

### What does "cumbered" mean in context?
Encumbered; hampered.

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