over·bur·den
ˌō-vər-ˈbər-dᵊn 
overburdened; overburdening; overburdens
: to place an excessive burden on
over·bur·den
ˈō-vər-ˌbər-dᵊn
: material overlying a deposit of useful geologic materials or bedrock
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Examples of overburden in a Sentence
Verb
She overburdened me with work.
Why overburden yourself when people are offering to help?
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
The high bails encouraged organizers to embrace jail packing as a tactic, overburdening the system.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
Wendy Dean, STAT, 7 June 2023
Approaches to reduce firearm violence should also be coupled with an investment in addressing social and economic factors such as concentrated poverty and segregation that contribute to an overburden of violence in under-resourced communities.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2022
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Verb
In Georgia in particular, a series of election rules passed over the last three years, threaten to overburden election officials and in some cases issue criminal penalties against them.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
The high bails encouraged organizers to embrace jail packing as a tactic, overburdening the system.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024
Noun
The demand-resource mismatches of burnout, the operational drivers, are substantial and must be addressed: clumsy electronic medical records, understaffing, and administrative overburden, among others.
—Wendy Dean, STAT, 7 June 2023
Approaches to reduce firearm violence should also be coupled with an investment in addressing social and economic factors such as concentrated poverty and segregation that contribute to an overburden of violence in under-resourced communities.
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2022
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“Overburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overburden. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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