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
Food and building supplies are scarce; prices are skyrocketing and a crisis is quietly building, residents say, as hunger and malnutrition spread and already overburdened government services, from healthcare to education, are stretched.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Asha Sharma, state policy manager for Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability, said her organization uses CEQA to reduce the polluting effects of projects in neighborhoods already overburdened by environmental problems.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
After all the criticism, the skepticism, the downright sanctimony about the most controversial topic in New York sports — the exhausting, overburdening minutes — the Knicks lost a game, the narrative will go, because neither Hart nor Brunson played enough of crunch time.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The law will give school districts the authority to handle the appeals process instead of local courts, which were overburdened.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025
Asha Sharma, state policy manager for Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability, said her organization uses CEQA to reduce the polluting effects of projects in neighborhoods already overburdened by environmental problems.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
After all the criticism, the skepticism, the downright sanctimony about the most controversial topic in New York sports — the exhausting, overburdening minutes — the Knicks lost a game, the narrative will go, because neither Hart nor Brunson played enough of crunch time.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The law will give school districts the authority to handle the appeals process instead of local courts, which were overburdened.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburden
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Using Bellinger there allowed Boone to load up the lineup with left-handed bats against Mets right-hander Frankie Montas.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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The bases were loaded in the bottom of the inning with one out, and the Huskies were up to bat.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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As home values increase and affordability becomes less available, more families are burdened by the cost of housing.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2025
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This operational complexity can burden IT teams while marketing waits for bespoke integrations to be re-engineered at each change request.—
Rafael Flores,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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