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English Dictionary: burdensome by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burdensome
adj
  1. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
    Synonym(s): burdensome, onerous, taxing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Burdensome \Bur"den*some\, a.
      Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue;
      oppressive.
  
               The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      Syn: Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous;
               oppressive; troublesome. -- {Bur"den*some*ly}, adv. --
               {Bur"den*some*ness}, n.
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