burdened

[bur-dnd]

adjective

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1. (of a vessel) required to yield to a vessel having the right of way.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burdened¹

burden ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Many among them, however, are burdened by student or credit card debt, and only 1 in 4 have begun savings retirement accounts.

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Yet, the phony look suits her — Glinda is burdened by being the happy face of the Wizard’s regime.

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Twenty-seven percent of renters are severely burdened, spending more than 50% of their income on housing.

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"Trinidad and Tobago continues to be burdened by the scourge of gun-related crimes and gang violence," it added.

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Courts overseeing such matters in Colorado are particularly burdened because more than 75% of litigants in family-law cases don’t have lawyers, she added.

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