overburden
Example Sentences
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He occasionally overburdens the reader with minutiae of political and organizational rivalries and is more workman than stylist.
People, the report says, were deterred from accessing health care because they did not want to overburden the NHS.
From BBC
My cold, hard heart was in top form, and it was not taking prisoners, including sick ones, tired ones, or overburdened ones, in particular.
From Literature
On the other hand, technology has already overburdened us with too many stressors and microtasks.
The overburdened sergeant rarely gets more than two hours of uninterrupted sleep.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
