Definitions
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- adjective Excessively
burdened - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overburden .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective heavily burdened with work or cares
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Examples
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Misinformation, such as the idea that reservations are beyond the law, poor understanding of Native cultures, and uncooperative court officials complicate matters in overburdened child-welfare systems.
Stephanie Woodard: Iowa Commission Takes on Child-Welfare Morass Stephanie Woodard 2010
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In Rick Santelli's famous rant on CNBC he called overburdened home owners struggling with their mortgages "losers" while using his podium to forward his political agendas.
Steven Bulwa: The Media Has Failed Us Steven Bulwa 2010
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In Rick Santelli's famous rant on CNBC he called overburdened home owners struggling with their mortgages "losers" while using his podium to forward his political agendas.
Steven Bulwa: The Media Has Failed Us Steven Bulwa 2010
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In Rick Santelli's famous rant on CNBC he called overburdened home owners struggling with their mortgages "losers" while using his podium to forward his political agendas.
Steven Bulwa: The Media Has Failed Us Steven Bulwa 2010
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In Rick Santelli's famous rant on CNBC he called overburdened home owners struggling with their mortgages "losers" while using his podium to forward his political agendas.
Steven Bulwa: The Media Has Failed Us Steven Bulwa 2010
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Often parents -- there's a syndrome called the overburdened child syndrome, where parents will make their children confidantes, lovers, friends, bring them into play into matters in which they have no business participating in.
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Still another taxpayer trap will be sprung if the President's proposal to forgive some debt incurred by "overburdened" borrowers is included in the bill.
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Still another taxpayer trap will be sprung if the President's proposal to forgive some debt incurred by "overburdened" borrowers is included in the bill.
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Still another taxpayer trap will be sprung if the President's proposal to forgive some debt incurred by "overburdened" borrowers is included in the bill.
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Still another taxpayer trap will be sprung if the President's proposal to forgive some debt incurred by "overburdened" borrowers is included in the bill.
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