Definition of Overburdened

1. Adjective. Heavily burdened with work or cares. "Weighed down with cares"

Exact synonyms: Bowed Down, Loaded Down, Weighed Down
Similar to: Burdened

Definition of Overburdened

1. Adjective. Excessively burdened ¹

2. Verb. (past of overburden) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overburdened

1. overburden [v] - See also: overburden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overburdened

overbubbled
overbubbles
overbubbling
overbudget
overbuild
overbuilder
overbuilders
overbuilding
overbuilds
overbuilt
overbulk
overbulked
overbulking
overbulks
overburden
overburdened (current term)
overburdening
overburdens
overburdensome
overburn
overburned
overburning
overburns
overburnt
overbust
overbusy
overbuy
overbuying
overbuys
overby

Literary usage of Overburdened

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"The preaching was to be in the vernacular, which had at that period almost fallen into disuse in the pulpit. under the plea of being already overburdened ..."

2. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"... Whigs and Tories — No Regard for Worth and Talent — Enrichment at the Nation's Expense—overburdened People — An Unjust Doctrine — The Duke of Richmond's ..."

3. The New Africa: A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers; a by Aurel Schulz, August Hammar (1897)
"... CHAPTER XII Recover our stolen gouts—overburdened with goods—Suspicions—Shoot enormous ... overburdened ..."

4. The Profession of Teaching by Myra Virginia Woodley (1917)
"School overburdened with work of other institutions. Thus the school came in the course of time to be regarded ..."

5. The Profession of Teaching by Myra Virginia Woodley, Oscar Isreal Woodley (1917)
"School overburdened with work of other institutions. Thus the school came in the course of time to be regarded ..."

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