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burdened

[bur-dnd] / ˈbɜr dnd /
ADJECTIVE
weighed down
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"By my life, how we are burdened by this weakling. Look at the sun! It must be nearly eleven."

From Literature

There’s no doubt the migrant surge burdened some communities.

From The Wall Street Journal

The affordability crisis has reached a boiling point with many middle- and lower-income Americans increasingly burdened by debt and struggling to cover basic household expenses.

From MarketWatch

Language’s capacity to elongate the self in time burdened us with anxiety and regret.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Where such alternatives do not exist, it should promptly eliminate the losses which have burdened consolidated Ebitda.”

From Barron's