overburdening
- present participle of overburden.
Example Sentences
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While the higher price may reduce sales, she says she is considering making small adjustments, cutting costs, improving efficiency and exploring alternative markets to stay competitive without overburdening her customers.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
As an advocate for better food in schools and hospitals, she sees her love of “cheats” as a tool to help institutions create better meals without overburdening their staff.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
Its creators wanted to avoid overburdening the Weather Service’s computing system, so it does not include as many variables as a private company’s proprietary one might, he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“We’re going to see an overburdening of our health and social systems,” Aranda said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
There was to be no cutting, nor lashing, nor abusing with overburdening tasks.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
