burdensome
Example Sentences
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Project Iceworm was shelved in 1962, after it was deemed too technically difficult — the ice sheet shifts — and as the Navy and Air Force pursued less burdensome projects on Greenland.
From Los Angeles Times
In August, he ordered federal agencies to take steps to limit “burdensome lawsuits” that have “denied millions of Americans opportunities to benefit from investment in alternative assets.”
It said the airline's strategy blocked or hindered purchases, or made them "economically or technically burdensome", particularly when flights were combined with services from other airlines or with tourism and insurance products.
From BBC
In November, it got rid of quality-control orders—a burdensome licensing requirement—on 25 industrial inputs.
“For too long, burdensome red tape has stood in the way of progress localities want to see, making it too hard to deliver critical housing and infrastructure,” Hochul said in a statement.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
