burdensome
/ˈbəːdns(ə)m
/adjective
1Difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing: the burdensome responsibilities of professional life...
- She's the executive director, meaning she must endure two recurring messages, both burdensome in their own ways.
- Given the overwhelming needs of multiply diagnosed consumers, coordinating treatment among treatment providers can be burdensome.
- Strategically located naval bases capable of berthing the carriers would also have to be constructed, adding to the already burdensome bill.
Synonyms
onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty, worrisome, vexatious, irksome, trying, crushing, inconvenient, awkward, a nuisance;
harsh, severe, stiff, stringent, formidable, an imposition;
arduous, strenuous, rigorous, uphill, difficult, hard, laborious, Herculean, exhausting, tiring, taxing, demanding, punishing, gruelling, back-breaking, exacting, wearing, stressful, wearisome, fatiguing
rare toilsome, exigent
1.1Undesirably restrictive: bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures...
- Many fail, crushed by competition, starved by high costs or strangled by burdensome regulations. "
- Access to contraception of all types is particularly burdensome for rural teens.
- Furthermore, national income has been inadequate to repay the country's burdensome debts.