How to Use burdensome in a Sentence

burdensome

adjective
Definition of burdensomenext
Synonyms for burdensomenext
  • The responsibility has become burdensome.
  • Doing so can be a burdensome undertaking that under current standards can stretch on for years.
    — Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Although the cases were dropped, the matter turned out to be financially burdensome to Ramos.
    — David Armstrong, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2020
  • And even the logistics of switching from one source of Medicaid to another can be burdensome for new parents.
    — Shefali Luthra, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
  • She, too, is forced to go to internet cafés to handle the government’s burdensome reporting requirements, which must be done online.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Business leaders warned Nirenberg’s plan to reduce the city’s carbon emissions would add burdensome costs for employers.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Countries that have ignored super-spreading have risked getting the worst of both worlds: burdensome restrictions that fail to achieve substantial mitigation.
    — Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • To avoid being too burdensome, the new fees would exempt plaintiffs who are representing themselves and others who can demonstrate the fee creates a financial hardship.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Meeting their needs requires efficient work, clear communication and ensuring burdensome tasks are taken care of, said the spokesperson.
    — Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2020
  • And where the expectation is for the government to provide all the materials necessary for teachers to do their jobs, bearing the cost of a constant supply can feel burdensome.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The company was able to shed $4 billion in burdensome debt as a result of its bankruptcy reorganization, but the pandemic left it a smaller business.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2020
  • While the company was able to shed $4 billion in burdensome debt as a result of its bankruptcy reorganization, at the same time, the pandemic has left it a smaller business.
    — Maria Halkias, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The lower the price of the ticket, however, the more burdensome the fees can seem.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • By this stage of your life, the family home might be too large and burdensome.
    — Terry Savage, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Still, the thought of moving anywhere new felt heavy and burdensome.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 18 June 2022
  • The out-of-pocket costs can be burdensome for patients as well, likely putting it out of reach for many.
    — Adam Gaffney, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2023
  • As burdensome as the grief were the world’s new expectations.
    — David Greenberg, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Americans have spent some of it, saved a lot of it and used large portions to pay down burdensome debt.
    — Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Riders said there is no good reason the process is so burdensome.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
  • The goal for each stage is to get the key to the door, but that can be burdensome because the item disappears after 15 seconds if Mario puts it down.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Chapter 1: The First Lieutenant Each man in the squadron carried, along with a sea chest, his own burdensome story.
    — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • As a result, the process became too burdensome for those who were most distressed.
    — Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • And that aspect of it was kind of burdensome and dysfunctional—the scholar side of it.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 28 June 2022
  • His scars, though not physical, may be the most burdensome.
    — USA Today, 16 Oct. 2021
  • And suddenly they’re being made to feel like this rather burdensome person who has to have a cup of tea.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
  • Credit card rates have grown more burdensome, and so have auto loans.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
  • But at that time the rules for removing living trees were more burdensome.
    — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Aug. 2021
  • That fact defeats the purpose of having a more costly and burdensome S-Corp.
    — Brian Thompson, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The goal is to make funding less burdensome to local taxpayers, but the work has just begun.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The decision instead put the onus on parents and technology companies to utilize less burdensome content-filtering software.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025

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