as in to overload
to fill or load to excess
it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear
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Recent Examples of overburden
This was a fitting feature for an episode about a young programmer designing a Choose Your Own Adventure game and for Black Mirror, a show that continues to explore the manipulative and frightening downsides to life overburdened with technology.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Food and building supplies are scarce; prices are skyrocketing and a crisis is quietly building, residents say, as hunger and malnutrition spread and already overburdened government services, from healthcare to education, are stretched.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Asha Sharma, state policy manager for Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability, said her organization uses CEQA to reduce the polluting effects of projects in neighborhoods already overburdened by environmental problems.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
After all the criticism, the skepticism, the downright sanctimony about the most controversial topic in New York sports — the exhausting, overburdening minutes — the Knicks lost a game, the narrative will go, because neither Hart nor Brunson played enough of crunch time.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 May 2025
Food and building supplies are scarce; prices are skyrocketing and a crisis is quietly building, residents say, as hunger and malnutrition spread and already overburdened government services, from healthcare to education, are stretched.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Asha Sharma, state policy manager for Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability, said her organization uses CEQA to reduce the polluting effects of projects in neighborhoods already overburdened by environmental problems.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
After all the criticism, the skepticism, the downright sanctimony about the most controversial topic in New York sports — the exhausting, overburdening minutes — the Knicks lost a game, the narrative will go, because neither Hart nor Brunson played enough of crunch time.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburden
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Hernandez drove in Betts and Freddie Freeman drove in Ohtani, Making his first appearance since returning from a forearm injury, Blake Treinen gave up two hits, walked two and allowed a run in the ninth inning before Jack Dreyer replaced him with the bases loaded and got the final out.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
29 July 2025
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Fitts was removed following the bases loaded escape after allowing the two runs over four innings on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
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Where some see a neighborhood burdened by people of color, unfamiliar tongues, and strange cultural traditions, others see a vibrant community.—
James Burling,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
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Over the last 20 years, the average cost of tuition and fees at public universities has increased by a staggering 141% – far outpacing inflation (about 65%) and leaving students burdened with substantial debt.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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