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
But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.
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Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Under the plan, people pay more during peak times and less when the grid is not overburdened.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overburden
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.
—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Under the plan, people pay more during peak times and less when the grid is not overburdened.
—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overburden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburden
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If the wash is too short, too cold, or overloaded, oils and odors remain in the fabric.
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Automation can serve as extra memory when our own brains are overloaded with clutter.
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After loading the bases, the Rays were able to manufacture their offense against Royals starter Noah Cameron.
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Tamales are loaded with bean, chile and cheese.
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And that’s because she’s no longer burdened by the anxiety of having to give 100% to everyone all the time.
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Industry experts and executives predict that increasing administrative complexities from new regulations will disproportionately burden smaller PBMs, driving further acquisitions and mergers as companies seek scale and capital to meet evolving market demands and client accountability.
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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