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
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.
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Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.
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Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 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.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Under the plan, people pay more during peak times and less when the grid is not overburdened.
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Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overburden
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.
—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 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
See All Example Sentences for overburden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburden
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Be sure to separate and sort your laundry properly to avoid overloading.
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In a cautionary tale of what can happen when overloading a young talent, however, injuries severely blighted Ansu’s legacy at the Spotify Camp Nou.
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Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena walked to load the bases with one out before Josh Naylor struck out swinging.
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Whether it's stored inside an apartment, packed into an SUV for a weekend getaway, or loaded into an RV before hitting the road, its compact folding frame makes transportation and storage remarkably simple.
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Unlike larger networks burdened by high costs, Mercury is built to grow sustainably, providing the right support without compromising independence.
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Trump had argued that a president shouldn’t be burdened with defending himself against decades-old charges.
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overburden. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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