Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective bearing a heavy load.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
burden .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective bearing a physically heavy weight or load
- adjective bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities
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Examples
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Are we once again burdened with a reincarnation of the likes of Joseph McCarthy and his ilk?
Cheney: Investigating CIA interrogations a political move 2009
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I think when you say burdened, I don't know how to define what the word burdened means.
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Casey, to keep someone from being overly burdened, that is, everyone except working men and women and their families in this country.
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Rather than creating clear lines of authority, Congress, in the words of Obama, "burdened" the DNI with "an ambiguous statutory mandate."
Fine Print: Words of concern about the DNI job, from the nominee 2010
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Rather than creating clear lines of authority, Congress, in the words of Obama, "burdened" the DNI with "an ambiguous statutory mandate."
Fine Print: Words of concern about the DNI job, from the nominee 2010
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Rather than creating clear lines of authority, Congress, in the words of Obama, "burdened" the DNI with "an ambiguous statutory mandate."
Fine Print: Words of concern about the DNI job, from the nominee 2010
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People have this expectation of a very dark, serious kind of burdened person.
Friday Hangovers 2008
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People have this expectation of a very dark, serious kind of burdened person.
May 2008 2008
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By contrast, Mr. Immelt said U.S. consumers are "burdened," contributing to rising delinquency rates in GE's consumer-finance unit.
GE Profit Falls 5.8% 2008
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People have this expectation of a very dark, serious kind of burdened person.
Friday Hangovers 2008
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