burden
[ˈbɜːrdn]
Definition:
1. An onerous or difficult concern.
2. That causes worry, difficulty or hard work.
3. A load, especially a heavy one.
'burden' example sentence:
- We want to take that burden off of people and help them optimize their current situation.
- And any initiative to boost the tax burden would lead to the same result.
- And will this also add more debt or more of a burden on the federal government?
- If you see your options as a burden instead of an opportunity, you may not choose wisely.
- But for him and other vendors at the market, the lenses pose a burden.
- His poor family is becoming a burden.
- In this situation, the burden of convening a meeting falls on the shareholders.
- The idea of being a burden to you and your sister is mortifying.
- There was an extraordinary feeling of hope and relief, as if a great burden had been cast off.
- That is your privilege, and your burden.
- The burden of his guilt was heavier than the burden of his shame.
- 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.
- We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
- His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
- I fervently hope he recognizes and understands the burden that's on his shoulders.
- What complicates the issue is the burden of history.
- I don't want to burden you with my problems.
- Should the burden of responsibility for public safety be shoved on to a single developer?
- We decided not to burden him with the news.
- That was a huge burden of stress, worry, and cost for the small business that I worked for.
- I don't want to become a burden to my children when I'm old.