1
as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo
the crew was frantically unburdening the ship in an attempt to save it
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as in to relieve
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
a generous friend unburdened her of that particular financial worry
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Recent Examples of unburden
Yet there’s wisdom amid the silliness, as the story gently makes a case for the necessity of grief, mindfulness and mortal awareness, even in a life otherwise unburdened by adult human responsibility.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
Raphael could certainly extract feeling from the architecture of a body and the distribution of its weight, but the majority of his faces, even the most artificially expressive ones, are unburdened by anything like a psychology.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Its pastel-colored houses stacked against one another along towering coastal cliffs, a sapphire sea glittering below, have become an emblem for life unburdened by the mundane.
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Heike Blümner,
Air Mail,
11 Apr. 2026
Dennehy, unburdened by reverence for the franchise’s hierarchy, channeled that energy without trying.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
5 Apr. 2026
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
Raphael could certainly extract feeling from the architecture of a body and the distribution of its weight, but the majority of his faces, even the most artificially expressive ones, are unburdened by anything like a psychology.
—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Its pastel-colored houses stacked against one another along towering coastal cliffs, a sapphire sea glittering below, have become an emblem for life unburdened by the mundane.
—
Heike Blümner,
Air Mail,
11 Apr. 2026
Dennehy, unburdened by reverence for the franchise’s hierarchy, channeled that energy without trying.
—
Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
5 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unburden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unburden
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There is no scrapeable archive of how to grasp a wet cup, unload a box that sags in the middle, fold a towel, or help an older adult out of a chair.
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The port attributed the declines to shippers wanting to unload cargo at a first or second port call to get ahead of any tariff deadlines.
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Corlys orders his men to thread the rocky Dragonstone pass at low tide, even relieving the helmsman of the ship’s wheel at the crucial moment.
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Philip Abner relieved and got the final out of the inning.
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“Unburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unburden. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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