overburden
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6.6
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈbɜrdən/
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sobrecarga
- The construction site faced delays due to the heavy overburden of earth that needed to be removed.
Examples
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In short, the incumbent's arbitrary policy-making overburdens the business sector, destabilizing state-business relations.
Academic text (2003) -
So we like to use the Japanese Murray overburden or unreasonableness.
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A slave, she told herself, moving downstream to work new overburden, is never secure.
Fiction book (1997) -
Only at the last instant did she overcome that instinct, then lay back on the overburden, wanting to laugh.
Fiction book (1997) -
So, wind or solar could have an EROEI that is a factor of 3 lower than for nuclear power (taken in thermal units) and have the same overburden of energy production as nuclear to do the whole job.
Blog text (11) -
Another important aspect is that if you want to meet world energy use with one technology or another, those technologies which have a poor thermal conversion efficiency have a higher overburden of energy production to keep the whole thing going than technologies that do not at the same (thermal) EROEI level.
Blog text (11) -
The overburden of debt made it difficult for the family to save for a new home.
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Dealing with the overburden of responsibilities at work can lead to stress and burnout.
Synonyms
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3.4
A heavy load or something that causes worry and difficulty
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4.2
A strong mental feeling of pressure or burden
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4.1
A heavy burden of worry or responsibility
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4.4
Too much work or information that makes you feel stressed
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4.4
A heavy object that is hard to carry, or a burden that slows progress
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8.1
A heavy burden that makes life hard
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5.8
A person or thing that makes work slower
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8.1
Something that makes life or an activity harder
Giving someone too much work or pressure so they become very tired
How Burdensome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word overburden is made of over- 'too much' and burden 'a load you carry', so it describes an extra large load or pressure that is too heavy to carry or live with.