Underburdened
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of underburden form-of, participle, past
- 1 Not having sufficient work.
"Tasks may be taken from the overburdened and given to the underburdened; certain tasks may be shared; some additional (new) tasks may be assigned the underburdened; perhaps employees who are overburdened can have some of their tasks simplified, combined with others, or outright eliminated."
- 2 Having too powerful an explosive for the amount of rock broken up, resulting in a risk of igniting dust and gasses.
"Probably one or more of the holes was underburdened, causing an ignition of methane and coal dust."
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More examples"Tasks may be taken from the overburdened and given to the underburdened; certain tasks may be shared; some additional (new) tasks may be assigned the underburdened; perhaps employees who are overburdened can have some of their tasks simplified, combined with others, or outright eliminated."
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