overburdenedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈbəːdnd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbərd(ə)nd/ Bearing too great a weight or physical burden; extremely or excessively burdened; overloaded, esp. with work or responsibility.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy or weighed down (with) > excessively
forladen1565
overloaden1568
overburdened1581
overladen1621
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > provided with an excess of something
superfluous1531
overburdened1581
surcharged1615
overloaded1671
overladen1866
stinking1940
stinko1960
1581 B. Rich Don Simonides I. sig. Oij These wordes were fumed out with a scaldyng sigh, and sanctified with the twoo springyng Fountaines of his eyes, whiche Nature lent hym, to mollifie his troubled and ouerburthened harte.
1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. D3 My overburdned soule.
1611 A. Lanyer Salue Deus Rex Iudæorum sig. B3 To re-ore-charge thy ouer-burd'ned soule, Although the sorowes now they doe condole.
1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 240 The Miser..fears the over-burthened Floor.
1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis ix. 34 Having, by the assistance of potent libations of salt and water, eased in some degree the overburdened stomach, he has forthwith returned.
1859 C. Mackay Cry of People in Ballads & Lyrical Poems ix And meanwhile, from the overburden'd sod, Our cry of anguish rises up to God.
1930 Times 9 Jan. 7/6 The country was suffering from an overburdened House of Commons.
1996 Ice Hockey News Rev. 28 Sept. 13/3 A whole host of other problems laid at the door of our overburdened officials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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