saddle with

verb

saddled with; saddling with; saddles with

: to cause (someone or something) to have (a problem, burden, responsibility, etc.)

His actions have saddled the company with too much debt.

My boss saddled me with the task of organizing the conference.

—often used as (be) saddled with

The company is saddled with an enormous amount of debt.

She is saddled with a reputation for not being dependable.

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Being saddled with inadequate accounting software leads to incomplete data, reporting errors, compliance issues, duplicate records, and, eventually, the headache of moving to an entirely new platform. —

Dana Miranda, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 The International Monetary Fund warns that the new initiatives still amount to public borrowing, and domestic opponents say there is a risk future generations will be saddled with debt for projects that may not pay off. —

Peter Martin, Bloomberg, 23 Apr. 2026 Porzingis has been effectively saddled with a hard 25-minute limit since the moment his plane touched down in the Bay Area — the breakthrough isn’t coming because the games now have stakes. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 Besides high loan rates, prospective buyers are saddled with exorbitant home prices. —

Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for saddle with