overladen
/'ouvə'leidn/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Loaded past capacity: Carrying or burdened with more than what is safe, proper, or manageable; excessively full or heavy.
Usage and Examples
- Adjective:
- The overladen truck struggled to climb the steep hill. (The truck, carrying too much weight, had difficulty ascending.)
- She felt overladen with responsibilities at work. (She felt excessively burdened by her job duties.)
- The branches of the apple tree were overladen with fruit. (The tree branches were so full of fruit they were weighed down.)
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- Figurative Use: Often used to describe a state of being mentally, emotionally, or figuratively burdened, not just physically.
- His speech was overladen with technical jargon, making it hard to follow. (His talk was excessively filled with specialized terms.)
- "Overladen with": This is the most common prepositional phrase used with the adjective.
- A table overladen with food. (A table excessively loaded with dishes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Overload (verb): To load too heavily.
- Do not overload the washing machine.
- Overloaded (adjective): A more common synonym meaning the same as "overladen."
- An overloaded schedule.
- Laden (adjective): Loaded or burdened. "Overladen" intensifies this state.
- A ship laden with cargo.
Synonyms
- Overburdened: Burdened with too much weight or work.
- Overloaded: Loaded beyond capacity.
- Encumbered: Weighed down or impeded by a burden.
- Strained: Stretched or stressed beyond normal limits.
Antonyms
- Unburdened: Relieved of a burden.
- Empty: Containing nothing.
- Light: Of little weight; not heavy.
Related Phrases and Constructions
- To be overladen with: The standard construction to indicate what is causing the excessive load.
- The report was overladen with unnecessary details.
- Overladen and...: Sometimes used in a pair for emphasis.
- The shelves were old, overladen, and sagging in the middle.
Adjective
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loaded past capacity
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