overburdensome

Examples

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• The GOP has given us just as much overburdensome government as the libs.

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• We've gotten to this place of overburdensome regulations and and too much of the IRSI think creating law and Congress not doing their job.

• He ignored Richard Clarke's warnings, was starting to get rid of agencies that he felt were overburdensome, and was small government-minded.

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• But unless Republicans address the issues of overburdensome debt on the private sector, evaporating tax receipts to government, and balance it against constraining spending, our nation's economy will inevitably collapse into a deflationary depression or uncontrollable inflationary depression depending on whether we simply monetize government spending.

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• Many employees feel that the new policies are overburdensome and create unnecessary stress at work.

• The manager decided to revise the project deadlines, realizing that they were overburdensome for the team.

• Parents often find school assignments to be overburdensome, adding to their children's stress levels.

Synonyms

D

difficult

vsoverburdensome

386 2.1

Hard to control or deal with, often not willing to help

adds the sense of overwhelming trouble beyond ordinary difficulty

S

stressful

vsoverburdensome

167 2.8

Making you feel very worried or nervous

describes excessive difficulty that overwhelms ability to manage easily

T

troublesome

vsoverburdensome

49 3.9

Causing worry or annoyance and hard to deal with

focuses on excessive strain that prevents easy management

A

arduous

vsoverburdensome

29 7.7

Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time

means causing too much difficulty by effort and duration rather than manageability only

B

burdensome

vsoverburdensome

18 7.1

Causing a lot of extra work or worry

is about causing excessive strain beyond easy management

U

unmanageable

vsoverburdensome

12 6.2

Hard to control or deal with

implies excessive difficulty that makes tasks hard but not always impossible

O

overloaded

vsoverburdensome

3 4.2

Has more than it can safely hold, for example weight, work, or electricity

is about causing overwhelming difficulty rather than only excess load

O

overcomplicated

vsoverburdensome

1 6.2

More complex than it needs to be

refers to overwhelming difficulty in managing rather than complexity alone

O

overscheduled

vsoverburdensome

1 5.2

Someone who has too many planned activities and very little free time

describes excessive difficulty in managing overall tasks rather than scheduling only

O

overladen

vsoverburdensome

1 7.0

Carrying more weight or things than it can safely hold

emphasizes causing unmanageable difficulty rather than physical overload alone

Antonyms

E

easy

∞ 1.0

Not hard to do, understand, or achieve

M

manageable

57 3.2

Easy to deal with

How Burdensome

overburdensome

• Specialized

7.8

oppressive

19 6.3

onerous

• Formal

24 8.1

burdensome

18 7.1

troublesome

49 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology