overburdensome
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of overburdensome
First recorded in 1605–15; over- + burdensome
Example Sentences
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As long as there isn’t an overburdensome long-term risk, the Dodgers don’t seem afraid of lucrative shorter-term commitments to sustain their newly cemented dynasty.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
Ms. Grimes promises only to “rein in overburdensome regulations.”
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2014
The law now is very protective of artists who have signed overburdensome deals.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011
Oppress′ive, tending to oppress: overburdensome: treating with severity or injustice: heavy: overpowering: difficult to bear.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
The evil still continued, for only the next year it was found that so many lectures "did spend too much time and proved overburdensome," and they were reduced to two a week.
From The Emancipation of Massachusetts by Adams, Brooks
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