OVERBURDENED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

past tense of overburden

as in overloaded

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 overburdened

Adjective

The expansion’s Council proponents have never really addressed this point beyond emotional appeals to the plight of overburdened tenants. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 Healthcare economists say giving people access to preventive healthcare saves taxpayers money in the long run by keeping the workforce healthy and relieving pressure on an overburdened system. — Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 She and the community health workers who report to her know most of their clients are used to being ushered through an overburdened public clinic in 10 minutes, maybe getting handed a scribbled prescription on their way out. — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026 The snow is likely to be heavy and wet, NWS said, so watch out below for overburdened tree branches and sagging power lines. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 May 2026 Yet the additional necessary infrastructure, including water and power, new roads and, of course, dramatically increased police and fire protection fell to the overburdened local municipalities. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Isaac and Mulligan play Josh Martin and Lindsay Crane-Martin, the overburdened manager of the Monte Vista Port Country Club and his emotionally unfulfilled wife. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead of dreaming about the White House, Pritzker must forgo his national appearances and focus his efforts on Illinois and Chicago, relieve overburdened taxpayers, address our costly number of governmental bodies and develop plans to retain businesses as well as encourage more to locate here. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 The bill takes a step further in expanding solar access across the state by establishing a pilot program to bring solar to low-income and overburdened communities. — Killian Duborg, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026

Verb

The few places that can take kids like this are completely overburdened. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 As populations age, healthcare systems become overburdened, and governments fail to sufficiently expand or change those systems, preventing preventable diseases is more vital than ever. — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026 The Legislature has repeatedly rejected stiffer criminal penalties for wayward operators and stymied efforts to let cities or counties pick up enforcement slack when state inspectors are overburdened. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026 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. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 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 In Texas, 27% of attorneys in rural counties are already overburdened and exceeding recommended caseload guidelines. — Emily Naiser, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026 But the ERRs report being overburdened, not least by the hardships in communicating with funders. — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburdened

Adjective

Teams — worried about how a politically defiant Black quarterback on the roster would impact their bottom lines — over the next several seasons signed dozens of inferior quarterbacks to round out their depth charts.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Los Angeles’ identity and workers’ livelihoods are at stake, say worried residents who fear that Paramount will leave the state.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of worried

Verb

The companies weren’t short of intelligence—they were overloaded with ego.

— Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
It was later revealed that the plane had been overloaded by 700 pounds and the pilot, who had cocaine and alcohol in his system, was not authorized to be flying, according to CBS.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of overloaded

Adjective

Cynically or not, Chin and Vasarhelyi understand that these primal thrills are enough to distract us from the frustrating and sorrowful truth at the center of the story.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
All four stars ably play the stoic and sorrowful notes required of them, without finding many secondary or contrasting ones in their dialogue.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of sorrowful

Verb

Saturday put that to the test, when Wheeler again loaded the bases with no outs in the first.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Michael Conforto continued his strong season with a solo home run in the third, his 14th of the year, and Happ’s two-run single with the bases loaded that inning extended the Cubs’ lead.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of loaded

Adjective

An upset win would not have redefined Miami as anything but a team taking necessary steps up from the foot of a mountain.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
First elected in 2020 in an upset race, Raman is running close to Bass in the Mayoral polls, and has seen an uptick as the campaign has kicked into post-summer high-gear.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of upset

Verb

Centene, a Medicaid administrator, overcharged Florida by $67 million.

— Darryll K. Jones, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
What the disagreement was about Auditors for the city of Atlanta said the transit agency overcharged for enhanced bus service and owed the city $70 million from a fund to pay for new MARTA projects.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of overcharged

Adjective

That feels very much in tune with the anxious characters Eisenberg has played over the course of his acting career, but this whole directing thing is working out nicely for him, too.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Nelson remembers hushing her foster children back to sleep that night and calling 911, anxious for an end to those sleepless nights.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of anxious

Verb

Rookie Domonique Orange stuffed a sneak attempt from Jordan Love, giving the Vikings the ball back with just over 13 minutes to play and down just 5 points.

— Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But after a one-yard catch by Nacua, the 49ers stuffed Stafford’s sneak attempt.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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