overburden
Example Sentences
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People, the report says, were deterred from accessing health care because they did not want to overburden the NHS.
From BBC
My cold, hard heart was in top form, and it was not taking prisoners, including sick ones, tired ones, or overburdened ones, in particular.
From Literature
On the other hand, technology has already overburdened us with too many stressors and microtasks.
The overburdened sergeant rarely gets more than two hours of uninterrupted sleep.
The trauma center is overburdened and under-resourced, forcing Robby and his fellow attending physicians to encourage their residents and interns to think creatively without losing empathy for their patients.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
