单词 | overburdening |
释义 | overburdeningn. The action of overburden v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > overburdening or being overburdened overchargingc1460 suffocation1567 overburdening1580 overpressure1644 overpress1846 overtaxation1881 overweightedness1895 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong at Affaissement A shrinking vnder a great burthen, an ouerburthening. 1886 Polit. Sci. Q. 1 433 The retention of these taxes results in the overburdening of the laboring classes. 1976 Nature 13 May 86/1 The overburdening with work of teachers in higher institutions is the result of the explosion of further education. 1998 Automotive Engineer Mar. 33/2 A concept that strives for the absolute elimination of waste, overburdening and unevenness in all areas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overburdeningadj. That overburdens; that it is excessively burdensome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > excessively over-chargeful1451 over-chargeable1539 overburdensome1581 overweighing1590 overburdening1601 1601 Marie Magdalens Lament. iv. sig. Eij I, whose over-burthening smart Hath equall cause to waile this heavie case. 1665 J. Owen Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 91 The Silver drops, as it were grown ponderous, with over-burdening grief, that there nature should compell them to leave the possession of so much perfection. 1802 S. T. Coleridge Let. 21 Sept. (1956) II. 870 You have no overburthening cares. 1851 R. Nesbit in J. M. Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit (1858) xii. 303 Mr. James Mitchell's overburdening duties. 1994 Daily Oklahoman 24 June 10 Lawmakers are already grumbling that strict rules concerning campaign contributions will require overburdening paperwork. Derivatives ˌoverˈburdeningly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adverb] > in a cumbersome or burdensome manner cumbrously1401 burdenously1556 burdensomely1611 incumbently1816 onerously1851 overburdeningly1865 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii Not officiously or overburdeningly; there were kindnesses accepted, even asked for, in return. 1992 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. 17 The Wagnerian armour is not stripped off, but neither does it prove overburdeningly heavy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580adj.1601 |
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