1
as in oppressive
difficult to endure
the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure
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2
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
Assembly and ease of cleaning Food mills easily assembled and disassembled are far less burdensome to clean.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
They were often seen as helpful, but also as burdensome and even obstructive.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The affordability crunch in the housing market weighs more heavily on young people, who have not had the time to accumulate as much wealth or equity as the older generations and are stuck with high price tags and burdensome mortgage payments.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The compliance costs associated with BOI reporting were deemed excessively burdensome for these small businesses, especially during financially difficult times.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
They were often seen as helpful, but also as burdensome and even obstructive.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
The affordability crunch in the housing market weighs more heavily on young people, who have not had the time to accumulate as much wealth or equity as the older generations and are stuck with high price tags and burdensome mortgage payments.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
The compliance costs associated with BOI reporting were deemed excessively burdensome for these small businesses, especially during financially difficult times.
—Joshua D. Smeltzer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burdensome
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdensome
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The Collector is also hoping these will satiate the growing wants of his oppressive overlord, The Forger (Roddy Ricch), who has mysterious motives of his own.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2025
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Despite a challenging period for many luxury labels, in October, reports indicated LOEWE’s sales had increased 27.5% YoY. In March, long-time Creative Director Jonathan Anderson left the label, and Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez were appointed.—
Seth Matlins,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Deriving the mesoscopic from the microscopic, on the other hand, has been much more mathematically challenging.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hope reigns even in this harsh political climate we Americans are now experiencing.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Even if investors are slightly more confident this week, after Trump backed off most of his harshest tariff rates, the changes in people’s life-style habits serve as their own kind of affective barometer.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Whitecaps won games in Mexico, which is difficult to do.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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The task for Denver tonight will be that much more difficult if Michael Porter Jr. (shoulder) is unavailable or limited.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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González also supports a tough stance on crime but has criticized Noboa’s use of foreign military contractors.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the last two decades, the number of hospitals and diagnostic centers has already increased sixfold, and there’s room for many more, particularly those that value quality, which patients are increasingly demanding and becoming aware of.—
Sylvana Quader Sinha,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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In making such a claim, Bonhoeffer moved the aim of conscience away from obedience to rational principles and to the more demanding and concrete love for God and one’s living, breathing, suffering neighbor.—
David DeCosse,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Her viral speech in Minneapolis in 2020 remains one of the most searing indictments of state violence in recent memory.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Storms in the South can topple shade trees, opening yards to the searing summer sun.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
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The administration has since temporarily rolled tariffs on dozens of countries back to the 10% mark, but even that could be onerous on coffee businesses like hers, says Nyamumbo. ″[A tariff of] 10% is huge.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The unusual start time—one that was especially onerous to viewers on the West Coast—limited Woods’ live deliveries to a rather pedestrian 10.8 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Burdensome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdensome. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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