burdensome
oppressively heavy; onerous.
distressing; troublesome.
Nautical. having a full hull form, as a merchant vessel built for capacity rather than speed.
Origin of burdensome
1Other words from burdensome
- bur·den·some·ly, adverb
- bur·den·some·ness, noun
- non·bur·den·some, adjective
- non·bur·den·some·ly, adverb
- non·bur·den·some·ness, noun
- un·bur·den·some, adjective
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How to use burdensome in a sentence
Push back to March 13, and maybe the Atlanta concept would seem less burdensome.
Four options for an NBA All-Star Game that the star players don’t seem to want | Ben Golliver | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThey are also trying to put new burdensome mandates directly on traditional public schools, which many see as the country’s most important civic education.
Betsy DeVos is gone — but ‘DeVosism’ sure isn’t. Look at what Florida, New Hampshire and other states are doing. | Valerie Strauss | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIf parts of the ad operation happen inside the device at the browser level, the data storage and processing demands will be too burdensome and possibly even discriminatory against people with limited data plans, Blanchard said.
Why Google’s approach to replacing the cookie is drawing antitrust scrutiny | Kate Kaye | February 2, 2021 | DigidayHowever, British exporters will face an array of new regulatory hurdles that will make it more costly and burdensome to do business in Europe.
The key terms of the Brexit trade deal: Everything you need to know | Rachel King | December 25, 2020 | FortuneFinally, I discovered that MTS is required to provide discounted fares for certain disabled riders, but even seasoned doctors and service providers found the process to get discounts burdensome and confusing – and MTS rejected lots of applications.
Terrible Year, Great Discoveries: Our Favorite Stories of 2020 | Randy Dotinga | December 24, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Ergo, DAPA will cause another surge—and that future surge will likewise prove burdensome to Texas.
The New Texas Governor’s Cynical Immigration Threat | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey'll take your jobs (never mind that you don't want to do the burdensome and humble jobs they are willing to do)!
Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time! | Gene Robinson | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut recently the obligations have gotten significantly more tedious and burdensome.
Besides, the new technologies would cost too much and prove burdensome to Americans.
The Chicken Littles Are Wrong: Environmental Regulations Always Spur Innovation | Daniel Gross | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPeople returning home from prison struggle to reconnect with their families, find work and adhere to burdensome parole conditions.
Nevertheless his journalistic work, like his lessons at the Conservatoire, was burdensome.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyLike the Mosaic Law, under the sedulous care of the sacerdotal orders it ripened into a most burdensome ritualism.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordIts cost, too, made it all the more burdensome for the poor, and the working classes could scarcely have worn it at all.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonOnly somewhere down below, under the surface of his life, something like a dark and burdensome secret dogged him wherever he went.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevShe had many duties, but did not find them burdensome, or feel the strain of domestic labor she had been warned about.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for burdensome
/ (ˈbɜːdənsəm) /
hard to bear; onerous
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