Burdensome
['bɜːdns(ə)m] or ['bɝdnsəm]
Definition
(adj.) not easily borne; wearing; 'the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return'; 'my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests'; 'a taxing schedule' .
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Definition
(a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Heavy, oppressive, onerous.[2]. Troublesome, grievous, hard to bear.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See TROUBLESOME_and_PONDEROUS]
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Examples
- Because I was poor, and burdensome, and she disliked me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Artillery is very useful when it can be brought into action, but it is a very burdensome luxury where it cannot be used. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In order to prevent exportation, the whole inland commerce of wool is laid under very burdensome and oppressive restrictions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I fear I hurt you and made the day more burdensome. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Wallace