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verb
- 1. load (someone) with too many things to carry: "they were overburdened with luggage"
noun
- 1. rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature: "the kaolin is mined by removing the overburden and digging a pit"
- 2. an excessive burden: "an overburden of costs"
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Learn the meaning of overburden, a verb that means to make someone or something work too hard or deal with too much. See how to use overburden in sentences and compare it with related words.
Learn the verb and noun meanings of overburden, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Overburden can mean to place an excessive burden on or to refer to material overlying a deposit of useful geologic materials or bedrock.
OVERBURDEN meaning: 1. to make someone or something work too hard or carry, contain, or deal with too much: 2. to make…. Learn more.
Overburden definition: to load with too great a burden; overload. See examples of OVERBURDEN used in a sentence.
When you give someone too much to carry, you overburden them. Don't overburden yourself with too much gear in your hiking backpack, or you'll never make it up the mountain! You can literally overburden someone, which you do whenever you ask them to hold too much weight: "Let me carry some of those books.
Overburden can mean to load with too much weight or work, or to subject to an excessive strain. In geology, it refers to the sedimentary rock covering a mineral deposit. See synonyms, translations and usage examples.
verb. /ˌəʊvəˈbɜːdn/ /ˌəʊvərˈbɜːrdn/ [usually passive] Verb Forms. overburden somebody/something (with something) to give somebody/something more work, worry, etc. than they can deal with. He did not appear to be overburdened with guilt. Take your English to the next level.
