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overburden

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌəʊ̯vəˈbɜːdn̩/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bdeenorruvStarts with OEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. burden with too much work or responsibility

Word origin

From over- + burden.

Used in a sentence

  • In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work.
  • He said the increase would avoid overburdening taxpayers who have subsidised the railways by £31 billion since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
  • Such rocks have been changed by baking in a terrestrial pressure-cooker. Then they have been disinterred: kilometres of overburden must have been removed.

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