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overburdened

  • past participle
    of overburden.
    overburden
    verb (used with object)
    to load with too great a burden; overload.
  • past tense form
    of overburden.
    overburden
    verb (used with object)
    to load with too great a burden; overload.

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In the 1980s, working-class people of color were stopping big public projects that they said would have brought crime and pollution to neighborhoods already overburdened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Dale Spence, the director of the Royal College of Midwives in Northern Ireland, said to provide the care that women deserve, more midwives were required and that those who are working are feeling overburdened.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The industry went through a difficult time in the 2010s because of overburdened balance sheets, and now many companies are staying lean to be flexible for the future.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

On the other hand, technology has already overburdened us with too many stressors and microtasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

Some said that picketing had become “little less than criminal” and called it the most outrageous of the “foolish, childish methods you have used trying to harass our overburdened president.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling