burden

[ˈbɜːrdn]

Definition:
1. An onerous or difficult concern.
2. That causes worry, difficulty or hard work.
3. A load, especially a heavy one.

Use 'burden' in a sentence:

1. We want to take that burden off of people and help them optimize their current situation.
2. And any initiative to boost the tax burden would lead to the same result.
3. And will this also add more debt or more of a burden on the federal government?
4. If you see your options as a burden instead of an opportunity, you may not choose wisely.
5. But for him and other vendors at the market, the lenses pose a burden.
6. His poor family is becoming a burden.
7. In this situation, the burden of convening a meeting falls on the shareholders.
8. The idea of being a burden to you and your sister is mortifying.
9. There was an extraordinary feeling of hope and relief, as if a great burden had been cast off.
10. That is your privilege, and your burden.
11. The burden of his guilt was heavier than the burden of his shame.
12. We in the beyond are eager to lighten your burden but no one can help you as long as you do not believe in your own light and kindle it yourself.
13. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
14. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
15. I fervently hope he recognizes and understands the burden that's on his shoulders.
16. What complicates the issue is the burden of history.
17. I don't want to burden you with my problems.
18. Should the burden of responsibility for public safety be shoved on to a single developer?
19. We decided not to burden him with the news.
20. That was a huge burden of stress, worry, and cost for the small business that I worked for.
21. I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.