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to fill or load to excess
it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear
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Recent Examples of overburdened
Pascale Leone, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
After a mapping campaign in Toledo, Ohio, officials found that the city’s hot spots often overlapped with census tracts identified by the Biden administration’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool as lacking in commercial investment and overburdened by pollution.
—Ula Chrobak, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Several states have also put environmental-justice considerations into their laws; one in New Jersey restricts certain new industrial permits in places that are already overburdened, for instance.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The truth is, our immigration system is outdated, inefficient, and overburdened.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This imbalance often leaves one partner feeling overburdened while the other becomes more passive or detached from the emotional weight of the relationship.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
After developing the draft, the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability has asked for public input to address gaps in community investment and support those historically overburdened by pollution and severe weather.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The city is already grappling with aging infrastructure, overburdened public services, and a budget heavily allocated to personnel costs for police and fire departments.
—Dominick Vargas, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Voters were concerned for their schools being overburdened by many multiple foreign languages in their classrooms.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Applicants must meet one of 46 distinct eligibility criteria and fill out mountains of paperwork – a long and difficult process for a population already overburdened by bureaucracy.
—Pascale Leone, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
After a mapping campaign in Toledo, Ohio, officials found that the city’s hot spots often overlapped with census tracts identified by the Biden administration’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool as lacking in commercial investment and overburdened by pollution.
—Ula Chrobak, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Several states have also put environmental-justice considerations into their laws; one in New Jersey restricts certain new industrial permits in places that are already overburdened, for instance.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
The truth is, our immigration system is outdated, inefficient, and overburdened.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
This imbalance often leaves one partner feeling overburdened while the other becomes more passive or detached from the emotional weight of the relationship.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
After developing the draft, the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability has asked for public input to address gaps in community investment and support those historically overburdened by pollution and severe weather.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
The city is already grappling with aging infrastructure, overburdened public services, and a budget heavily allocated to personnel costs for police and fire departments.
—Dominick Vargas, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Voters were concerned for their schools being overburdened by many multiple foreign languages in their classrooms.
—Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburdened
Adjective
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Many tourism leaders in gateway towns near them are worried tourists will start going elsewhere if the park experience or its environment gets eroded.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 July 2025
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Many Ukraine watchers are worried that efforts to rollback anti-corruption initiatives will be fodder for Russian propaganda and fracture Ukraine’s unity at a critical time in the war.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Trevor Story’s ground out with the bases loaded pushed across the winning run.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Houck loaded the bases with one out in the first Wednesday but only allowed one run.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Other setbacks, while less painful, were no less sorrowful.—
David Litt
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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John says some rather swoon-worthy but also sorrowful lines.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Cafu, on the other hand, will be entering the ring with plenty of confidence and hunger, knowing that an upset win could change his life and put him at the center of the super flyweight spotlight.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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But that type of upset remains an exception, argues Litman, who says there were a handful of factors that made Foxx's race in Arizona a very different playing field.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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With Iran and its proxies diminished and Gulf states anxious to diversify their economies, any prospect for broader peace and normalization runs through Riyadh.—
Edward Felsenthal,
Time,
23 July 2025
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This is their first major sit-down interview together, and both are a bit anxious.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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But long-suffering American customers have been hit with a wave of price rises over the past few years.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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That was a magical time for Angels fans, a mammoth victory for us long-suffering Halo fans.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Judge, always wary of self-congratulation, downplayed his contributions.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Those who did speak were wary of unintended consequences, particularly on special education or immigrant students.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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People are concerned about the election because the politicians are talking about consumption tax cuts, and tax cuts of any sort in Japan is suicidal.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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Lawyers and advocates are concerned about that kind of uncertainty over the legal status and safety of such migrants, said Michelle Mittelstadt, a spokesperson for the Migration Policy Institute.—
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13 July 2025
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“Overburdened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburdened. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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