over·bur·den
ˌō-vər-ˈbər-dᵊn 
overburdened; overburdening; overburdens
: to place an excessive burden on
over·bur·den
ˈō-vər-ˌbər-dᵊn
: material overlying a deposit of useful geologic materials or bedrock
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Examples of overburden in a Sentence
Verb
She overburdened me with work.
Why overburden yourself when people are offering to help?
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
But critics counter that Connecticut’s tax system has overburdened the poor and middle class for decades, and recent relief won’t reverse an overall trend toward worsening inequity.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2024
Wendy Dean, STAT, 7 June 2023
Approaches to reduce firearm violence should also be coupled with an investment in addressing social and economic factors such as concentrated poverty and segregation that contribute to an overburden of violence in under-resourced communities.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2022
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Verb
The city’s recent efforts to somewhat replicate the refugee resettlement system with asylum seekers in Buffalo can be a model to help set up migrants in places that’ll welcome them without having to continue overburdening the city shelter system.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
But critics counter that Connecticut’s tax system has overburdened the poor and middle class for decades, and recent relief won’t reverse an overall trend toward worsening inequity.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2024
Noun
The demand-resource mismatches of burnout, the operational drivers, are substantial and must be addressed: clumsy electronic medical records, understaffing, and administrative overburden, among others.
—Wendy Dean, STAT, 7 June 2023
Approaches to reduce firearm violence should also be coupled with an investment in addressing social and economic factors such as concentrated poverty and segregation that contribute to an overburden of violence in under-resourced communities.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2022
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overburden. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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