cumberground UK /ˈkʌm.bə.ɡɹaʊnd/US /ˈkʌm.bɚ.ɡɹaʊnd/ noun1 •(no longer used) Any totally worthless object or person; something that is just in the way.Give a man money, and he may sit down upon it and spend it, or live upon the interest which it will yield in idleness, a mere cumberground and drone, from whose life the world derives no benefit. — 1927 formscumbergrounds