burdensomeness
- noun
- /ˈbɜrdənsmənəs/
- Her illness added to the emotional burdensomeness that her family was already experiencing.
- belongingness and perceived burdensomeness
- perceived burdensomeness
And the third one was just like a lead weight in my chest was perceived burdensomeness.
- And the third one was just like a lead weight in my chest was perceived burdensomeness.
Examples
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Since the inception of the MDAs in the 1970s, manufacturers have complained about the burdensomeness of the FDA medical device approval process. (56)
Academic text (2018) -
The burdensomeness of the old regulations made it difficult for small businesses to thrive.
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For the distinguishing mark was how burdensome a procedure would be to this patient, and that consideration of personal burdensomeness can make even the most routine procedure extraordinary in certain circumstances.
Academic text (1992) -
To investigate hope as a moderator between both thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness and suicidal ideation.
Academic text (2016) -
Many students expressed their frustration with the burdensomeness of the homework load during finals week.
Synonyms
A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand
A heavy load or something that causes worry and difficulty
A strong mental feeling of pressure or burden
A time of serious difficulty, often with little money or food
Something that makes life or an activity harder
A strong, heavy feeling that makes people feel trapped or uncomfortable
A heavy feeling of pressure because you have important duties
A state of being very hard and unpleasant to deal with
To cause problems, worry, or bother
How hard something is to do, deal with, or understand
Difficulty using or managing something because it is large, heavy, and awkward
Antonyms
How Burdensome
Surface Forms
Morphology
burdensomeness = burdensome (transparent) = burden + some + ness
Derived by productive adjective formation 'burden' + '-some' and then nominalized with '-ness', so the meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Burdensomeness builds on the common word burden, which means 'a load' or something hard to carry, plus the ending -some meaning 'full of', as in troublesome, and -ness meaning 'a state'. So, burdensomeness is the state of being full of burden, which explains why it describes something that causes hardship or is difficult to bear.