OVERBURDENED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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verb

past tense of overburden

as in overloaded

to fill or load to excess it is important that you bring on the hike plenty of food and water, but don't overburden your pack with unnecessary gear

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Recent Examples of overburdened

Adjective

Think island-hopping—whether Hawaii, Nantucket, the Caribbean, or the Mediterranean—where airports may be small, overburdened, or nonexistent. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026 The expansion’s Council proponents have never really addressed this point beyond emotional appeals to the plight of overburdened tenants. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 Healthcare economists say giving people access to preventive healthcare saves taxpayers money in the long run by keeping the workforce healthy and relieving pressure on an overburdened system. — Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 She and the community health workers who report to her know most of their clients are used to being ushered through an overburdened public clinic in 10 minutes, maybe getting handed a scribbled prescription on their way out. — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026 The snow is likely to be heavy and wet, NWS said, so watch out below for overburdened tree branches and sagging power lines. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 May 2026 Yet the additional necessary infrastructure, including water and power, new roads and, of course, dramatically increased police and fire protection fell to the overburdened local municipalities. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Isaac and Mulligan play Josh Martin and Lindsay Crane-Martin, the overburdened manager of the Monte Vista Port Country Club and his emotionally unfulfilled wife. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026 Instead of dreaming about the White House, Pritzker must forgo his national appearances and focus his efforts on Illinois and Chicago, relieve overburdened taxpayers, address our costly number of governmental bodies and develop plans to retain businesses as well as encourage more to locate here. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

Verb

People not in those team meetings won’t know if the Panthers coaches overburdened their players. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 Three midfielders did arrive, but there was an assumption Willock was going to leave, so that is part of the reason why Newcastle look overburdened in that area. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 In a letter opposing the permit for gas turbines at Colossus 1, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America warned that the project could add health risks in a region already overburdened with asthma and other respiratory problems. — Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026 The few places that can take kids like this are completely overburdened. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 As populations age, healthcare systems become overburdened, and governments fail to sufficiently expand or change those systems, preventing preventable diseases is more vital than ever. — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026 The Legislature has repeatedly rejected stiffer criminal penalties for wayward operators and stymied efforts to let cities or counties pick up enforcement slack when state inspectors are overburdened. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026 But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026 Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overburdened

Adjective

Observers say the Student List party's policies remain vague, which has some worried about Serbia's future.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Gas prices were safely below $3 a gallon, and, if anything, the energy market was worried about a supply glut that could keep fuel prices low.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of worried

Verb

In late September, a similar vessel that was also overloaded capsized in the Mona Passage, killing three people.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
As astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin neared the moon's surface in their lunar module, an error overloaded the onboard computer's processing unit.

— Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of overloaded

Adjective

Filmed here in 2005, the video sees frontman Gerard Way belt the sorrowful lyrics at the front of church with his bandmates and a group of dancers around him.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere around the town square, feelings range from cautious to noncommittal, from sorrowful to suspicious.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of sorrowful

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The process sends digital instructions between devices; the odor itself comes from supplies already loaded into the wearable.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Down two, the Rays loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Liam Hicks grounded into what initially was ruled a game-ending double play.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of loaded

Verb

These complaints have not proven gas station non-compliance, so The Observer is not naming the gas stations users claim overcharged.

— Eva Flowe October 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
The $10 million, part of a settlement offered by a company that overcharged Medicaid, was diverted into other hands, starting with the Hope Florida Foundation, the favorite charity of First Lady Casey DeSantis.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcharged

Adjective

The director general was attempting to lift the gloom after being beset with questions from anxious employees about job losses, service reductions, and general retrenchment.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
An anxious child Apart from her scribbled notes, scant details are available about Runa’s experience in detention, according to her lawyer Yoshihiro Mukai.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of anxious

Verb

The Lions went for it on fourth-and-1 from their own 24 but were stuffed on a run.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026
The Cougars stuffed all the ways Utah likes to run the ball until Dampier took matters into his own hands and posted a season high in rushing in electrifying style.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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