overburdened

Thân thiện

The overburdened social worker carries a tall stack of case files.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Carrying too heavy a load or burden: Describes a person, system, or thing that is burdened with an excessive amount of work, responsibility, or care, to the point of strain or difficulty in functioning effectively.

Usage

The adjective "overburdened" is used to describe a state of being overwhelmed by excessive demands. It typically modifies nouns referring to people (e.g., workers, parents) or systems (e.g., infrastructure, services). It describes a condition, not an action.

Examples

• The overburdened teacher struggled to grade all the assignments before the deadline.
• The city's overburdened public transportation system frequently breaks down.
• She felt overburdened by the dual pressures of her career and family obligations.
• An overburdened healthcare system cannot provide optimal care to all patients.

Advanced Usage

• "to be overburdened with/by something": This is the most common construction, specifying the source of the excessive burden.
  • The manager was overburdened with administrative tasks.
  • The community is overburdened by debt.

Variants and Related Words

• Overburden (verb): To load with too great a burden or charge.
  • The new regulations will overburden small businesses.
• Burdened (adjective): Carrying a load or weight, but not necessarily to an excessive degree. "Overburdened" is an intensified form.
• Overloaded (adjective): Similar to "overburdened," but often used for physical loads or technical systems (e.g., circuits, schedules).

Synonyms

• Overloaded
• Overwhelmed
• Overworked
• Weighed down
• Strained
• Swamped

Antonyms

• Unburdened
• Relieved
• Unencumbered
• Underutilized

Related Phrases

While "overburdened" itself is not typically part of phrasal verbs or idioms, it is central to describing the state resulting from common expressions: - "to be snowed under": To be overwhelmed with a large amount of work. - The team was snowed under with requests, leaving them feeling completely overburdened. - "to have too much on one's plate": To have too many tasks or responsibilities. - With the new project, he has too much on his plate and is becoming overburdened.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. heavily burdened with work or cares
   • bowed down with troubles
   • found himself loaded down with responsibilities
   • overburdened social workers
   • weighed down with cares

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bowed down
• loaded down
• weighed down