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   O·ver·bur·den

   verb

   • 1. load (someone) with too many things to carry: "they were overburdened with luggage"
   • ▪ give (someone) more work or pressure than they can deal with: "the courts became overburdened with large numbers of relatively trivial offenses"

   noun

   • 1. rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature.
   • ▪ an excessive burden: "an overburden of costs"

   Derivatives

   • 1. overburdensome adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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