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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His knack of finding the ball in the right place at the right time in the opposition box has already yielded two goals, and Marcelo Bielsa’s team are not exactly overloaded with reliable goalscorers.
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Be Ruthless About Clutter No design trick can compete with a room that's overloaded with stuff, says Taylor.
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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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Critics argue the tax's ripple effects could burden all Californians.
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Overmyer-Velazquez pointed out that these warehouses and industrial plants often provide great benefits to the larger society, yet their effects only burden a select few.
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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