lumber with
phrasal verb
lumbered with; lumbering with; lumbers with
British, informal
: to cause (someone) to have (something unwanted or unpleasant)
His classmates lumbered him with an unfortunate nickname.
—often used as (be) lumbered withHe's been lumbered with an unfortunate nickname.
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Graduates are lumbered with student debt and low wages and often move back in with their parents.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Instead of attaching the top piece that comes with the cabinet, simply switch it out for a piece of lumber with the same dimensions.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
The music itched with palpable otherness, from the experience of a Black art-school kid hailing from Stone Mountain, Georgia, and recklessly lumbered with the intention of redefining Black male cool.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 July 2024
If the Derby was a contest for whose bat was the flyest, though, Henderson might’ve taken that with his colorful piece of lumber with Scooby-Doo’s face on it.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
For much of his work Skelly sources specific lumber with the end product in mind, knowing that each undertaking will still take on its own character.
—Jessica Ritz, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Any of these six wagons, when equipped with a decent luggage rack, will carry a family of four to Disney and tote shrubs and lumber with aplomb.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
The coach has been lumbered with a squad so large the club reportedly has enough players to conduct two simultaneous 11vs11 first-team practice games and some players changing in the corridors.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Instead of attaching the top piece that comes with the cabinet, simply switch it out for a piece of lumber with the same dimensions.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
The music itched with palpable otherness, from the experience of a Black art-school kid hailing from Stone Mountain, Georgia, and recklessly lumbered with the intention of redefining Black male cool.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 July 2024
If the Derby was a contest for whose bat was the flyest, though, Henderson might’ve taken that with his colorful piece of lumber with Scooby-Doo’s face on it.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
For much of his work Skelly sources specific lumber with the end product in mind, knowing that each undertaking will still take on its own character.
—Jessica Ritz, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Any of these six wagons, when equipped with a decent luggage rack, will carry a family of four to Disney and tote shrubs and lumber with aplomb.
—Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
The coach has been lumbered with a squad so large the club reportedly has enough players to conduct two simultaneous 11vs11 first-team practice games and some players changing in the corridors.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 3 May 2023
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“Lumber with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumber%20with. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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