In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work.
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Overburden
/ˌəʊ̯vəˈbɜːdn̩/
Synonyms for "overburden" (107 found)
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Noun(11 words)
inconveniencinglayerloadload downonusoverburden with choresoverexposingoverlayoverloadedoverloadingoverloads
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Noun(17 words)
overmuchesoverstressovertaxesovertaxingoverworkoverworkingoverworksstrainstrainedstrainsstretchedsuperloadtask capacitytaskmasterstax statute provisionsweigh downweight
Verb(5 words)
overstuffovertaxoverweighoverweightpackplethorapress hard uponpushrepletionrest hard uponsaddlesaddle withsatiatesaturatesaturationsoakstuffsuperchargesupersaturatesurcharge
Adjective(2 words)
taxing course loadunlimited workload
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12 entriesacademic overburdenexcess workloadheavy overburdenheavy workloadmining overburdenoverburden layeroverburden the scheduleoverburden the systemoverburden with tasksoverburden with workremove overburdenshallow overburden
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He said the increase would avoid overburdening taxpayers who have subsidised the railways by £31 billion since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Before much progress was made with the inverts, however, the movement became accelerated, and it was decided to lighten the load over the tunnel by removing some of the soil, […]. This reduction in the overburden arrested the movement, and the inverting and centring were completed, and the tunnel opened again to traffic on April 9, 1949.
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Such rocks have been changed by baking in a terrestrial pressure-cooker. Then they have been disinterred: kilometres of overburden must have been removed.
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