Burdensome
adjective
Something that is difficult or tiresome to deal with.
The workload is burdensome to the employees as it is too much.
Often appears as...
- burdensome task
- burdensome responsibility
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing trouble or worry, especially in a legal or financial context.
The legal regulations can be burdensome to small businesses.
Often appears as...
- burdensome regulation
- burdensome legislation
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Formal, Disapproving
Technical
adjective
Something that is difficult or tiresome to deal with.
The workload is burdensome to the employees as it is too much.
Often appears as...
- burdensome task
- burdensome responsibility
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing trouble or worry, especially in a legal or financial context.
The legal regulations can be burdensome to small businesses.
Often appears as...
- burdensome regulation
- burdensome legislation
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'burdensome' to express the emotional heaviness of tasks or responsibilities.
Taking care of her sick pet became increasingly burdensome.
Pro Tip 2/3Exaggeration Caution
Don't use 'burdensome' for small inconveniences; it's for significant difficulties.
Studying for exams is challenging but not always burdensome.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Perspective
'Burdensome' can vary based on personal ability; what's burdensome to one may not be to another.
He found the advanced math problems burdensome, while others enjoyed them.
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responsive to the needs of their customers they frequently ask you is this what you wanted it to be am I missing something how can I change this product to be what you want it to be in economies where bureaucracies become overly burdensome regulations really hard to follow and
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Demand a more...
burdensome regulations that impede entrepreneurship but to replace those regulations with more innovative alternatives sometimes using transparency in the creation of new iPhone apps that will allow us both to protect consumers and the public and to
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Depression, the secret...
And I said that I thought communication within the marriage might be triggering some of their problems. But I was also struck by the burdensome nature of such mutual secrecy. Depression is so exhausting.
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the same evolutionary processes that gave us this big brain allowed us to predict the future and see what a burdensome situation sex can put you in so along with that evolutionary
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Demystifying the other...
responsive to the needs of their customers they frequently ask you is this what you wanted it to be am I missing something how can I change this product to be what you want it to be in economies where bureaucracies become overly burdensome regulations really hard to follow and
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Demand a more...
burdensome regulations that impede entrepreneurship but to replace those regulations with more innovative alternatives sometimes using transparency in the creation of new iPhone apps that will allow us both to protect consumers and the public and to
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Depression, the secret...
And I said that I thought communication within the marriage might be triggering some of their problems. But I was also struck by the burdensome nature of such mutual secrecy. Depression is so exhausting.
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Sex, Explained PIPE StarTalk
the same evolutionary processes that gave us this big brain allowed us to predict the future and see what a burdensome situation sex can put you in so along with that evolutionary
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Robert Kurson
American Author
So many of the pleasures of recreational scuba diving don't exist for the deep wreck diver. It's not beautiful scenery for the most part; in fact, it's usually very dark. It's physically burdensome. These guys carry almost two hundred pounds of equipment, and should any of that equipment fail, they risk death.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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Richard Cobden
British Businessman
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
Government attempts to ban fracking should be aborted. The government should lift the burdensome regulations that have made the construction of nuclear power plants excessively expensive, thereby freeing up even more natural gas for direct use or for methanol manufacture.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.
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Kay Ivey
American Politician
From day one, my quest has been to ensure the world knows Alabama is open for business. By removing burdensome regulations on small businesses we are sending that signal loud and clear.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
When a book remembers, we remember. It reminds you that you have a body. So many of the things we may think of as burdensome are actually the things that make us more human.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Federal consent decrees - agreements between the federal government and a local agency to change how that agency operates - are burdensome, costly, and rarely justified.
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George Allen
American Politician
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.
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Robert Kurson
American Author
So many of the pleasures of recreational scuba diving don't exist for the deep wreck diver. It's not beautiful scenery for the most part; in fact, it's usually very dark. It's physically burdensome. These guys carry almost two hundred pounds of equipment, and should any of that equipment fail, they risk death.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.
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Richard Cobden
British Businessman
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
Government attempts to ban fracking should be aborted. The government should lift the burdensome regulations that have made the construction of nuclear power plants excessively expensive, thereby freeing up even more natural gas for direct use or for methanol manufacture.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.
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Henry Paulson
American Public Servant
A state-based regulatory system is quite burdensome. It allows price controls to create market distortions. It can hinder development of national products and can directly impact the competitiveness of U.S. insurers.
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Kay Ivey
American Politician
From day one, my quest has been to ensure the world knows Alabama is open for business. By removing burdensome regulations on small businesses we are sending that signal loud and clear.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
When a book remembers, we remember. It reminds you that you have a body. So many of the things we may think of as burdensome are actually the things that make us more human.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Federal consent decrees - agreements between the federal government and a local agency to change how that agency operates - are burdensome, costly, and rarely justified.
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George Allen
American Politician
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.
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