burdensome
adjective
oppressively heavy; onerous.
burdensomeness
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a word derived from
burdensome.
Example Sentences
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Patients are asked about living conditions, isolation, and feelings of burdensomeness to others.
From Slate ● May 20, 2024
The burdensomeness of Moses’ law, ere it was overlaid, in later days, by Rabbinical scrupulosity, has been much exaggerated.
From Discipline and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley
This latter country is breaking all modern records, civilized or uncivilized, in the burdensomeness of her taxation.
From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell
It increases in burdensomeness, moreover, with the multiplication of degrees.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
We feel ourselves all the burdensomeness of life as it is; we see also that this organization of life must inevitably be our ruin, if it continues.
From The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Constance Garnett
