1
as in oppressive
difficult to endure
the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure
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as in challenging
requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
the burdensome task of finishing the tax return
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Recent Examples of burdensome
Such limits increase stigma on families that receive benefits, are burdensome to retailers, and often difficult to implement, researchers say.
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Renuka Rayasam, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Ashton Eller, vice president of governmental affairs at IMA, wrote that burdensome regulatory actions cost jobs, drive up energy prices and are counterproductive.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 July 2025
The agriculture worker visa program can be costly, burdensome and limited.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 July 2025
For decades, documents have been viewed as a burdensome necessary evil, often a regulatory requirement—stored, archived, accessed or referenced only when needed or requested by clients, third parties and regulatory authorities.
—Daniel Kenny, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Renuka Rayasam, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
Ashton Eller, vice president of governmental affairs at IMA, wrote that burdensome regulatory actions cost jobs, drive up energy prices and are counterproductive.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 July 2025
The agriculture worker visa program can be costly, burdensome and limited.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 July 2025
For decades, documents have been viewed as a burdensome necessary evil, often a regulatory requirement—stored, archived, accessed or referenced only when needed or requested by clients, third parties and regulatory authorities.
—Daniel Kenny, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdensome
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Driving in Palm Beach County — home to Mar-a-Lago — the windows are up, and the AC is blasting to counter the oppressive heat and humidity outside.—
David Culver,
CNN Money,
10 Aug. 2025
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What was mostly missing was the occasional cool front that pushes out the most oppressive heat and humidity.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Boston Herald,
10 Aug. 2025
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Taking the most challenging courses available — like AP, IB, honors, or dual enrollment classes — signals preparedness for college-level work.—
Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Getting the Supreme Court to take this case at all is going to be extremely challenging.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The former Calle 13 member impresses her sensitivity to this piece, originally written by Orlando Brito and popularized in 1975 by the great Héctor Lavoe, giving it new life with her powerful, dramatic voice, accompanied by street guitars and harsh, aggressive chords that captivate the listener.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
15 Aug. 2025
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While the comparison of slave babies being taken from their mommas, and immigrant children being separated from their parents might seem a bit harsh to some, the pain is the same.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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This deep understanding of local transportation patterns would have been difficult with rapid multi-city expansion.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, to the extent that federal policy changes make the construction of additional renewable projects more difficult, VPPs are a way to make better use of clean energy resources that have already been built.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sanctions have roiled Russia's economy and Trump could use tougher measures as leverage over Putin, said Richard Portes, professor of economics at London Business School.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The logistics of pushing autonomous vessels out into the deep Pacific is tough.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Baldwin has done it while playing the most difficult and demanding position on the diamond, mentally in terms of daily meetings and film study, and physically from the toll of working beneath pads in the summer heat and getting nicked up from foul tips, collisions and occasional wayward swings.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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This has come as a result of America being too demanding and being very political.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The pans have spacious surface areas for better searing and browning, and the cooking surface isn’t particularly sticky either.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 July 2025
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About a dozen have visited or have plans to make stops in the early primary states, such as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, 60, who in April caught attention for delivering a searing speech in New Hampshire aimed at 'do-nothing' Democrats.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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New Energy Woes: The onerous process is now being used to stall wind and solar projects, and one 76-year-old has filed more challenges to green energy proposals than anyone in the state.—
Tony Schick,
ProPublica,
14 Aug. 2025
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Beijing and Washington have stepped back from their most extreme positions at the height of a trade war in the spring, but maintain onerous tariffs on one another’s imports, and American lawmakers are increasingly calling for heavy oversight of Chinese firms trading on US stock markets.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Burdensome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdensome. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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