Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bulky; chunky; heavy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Bulky; heavy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
lump . - adjective
bulky ;heavy
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Examples
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Insurers and Economists insist in lumping it all together without differentiation -- which you somewhat describe.
Economics of Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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They should also ask him why he thinks the lumping is warranted.
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They should also ask him why he thinks the lumping is warranted.
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The rest of your post is once again lumping all Americans in together.
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I suppose this would be down to personal taste - i.e., whether splitting or lumping is adopted.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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'em as much as eight pieces; that's what they calls a lumping ha'p'worth.
Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Helen Campbell 1878
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The lumping was the Dem's idea ... the report's lies - Iran's by Tom Murphy on Wednesday, Oct 1, 2008 at 7: 25: 27 PM
OpEdNews - Quicklink: BREAKING: Bush signs $600 billion 'stopgap bill' 2008
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Anyway, I like the idea of lumping everyone together.
The Corporate Blog fusenumber8 2007
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But that doesn't appear to be stopping key Kansas Republicans from entertaining the idea of lumping western Kansas and Wyandotte County into the same congressional district.
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Lord Abbett & Co. LLC, recently published a report titled, "Broken BRIC," in which he questions the notion of lumping those economies together - especially in view of their wealth of differences.
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