Burdening

Synonyms for "burdening" (44 found)

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Closest matches (9)

bale bother cargo charge deadweight

Noun(4 words)

burden burdensome constraint cost

Strong matches (13)

demand drag exaction freight handicap inconvenience incubus

Noun(6 words)

duty encumber encumbering encumbrance impose imposition

Related words (22)

incumbency infliction lading loading millstone oppression surcharge trouble

Noun(13 words)

loadload bearingobligation onerous onus overburdening overload overworks pressure responsibility strain taxing weight

Verb(1 words)

overburdens

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

constraint costdescriptive adjectivedutyengineering descriptorimpose load obligation strain weight

More specific

16 entries

cognitive loadcompliance costemotional taxationfinancial burdeninformation overloadlicensing costloadingmoral burdenonerous overburdening overtaxingpsychic loadsocial burdentaxing tensioningtime burden

Collocations

16 entries

burdening complianceburdening costsburdening obligationsburdening policyburdening regulatory loadburdening staffburdening studentsburdening taxpayersburdening the budgetburdening workloadcost burdenemotional burdenfinancial burdenheavy burdenmoral burdenregulatory burden

Inflections

5 entries

burdened burdenings burdensmore burdeningmost burdening

Derivations

3 entries

burden burdened burdensome

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You can show that you have a large vocabulary without burdening your readers with added information.

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There was no point in additionally burdening her with this painful news.

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