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Definition of Burdensome
Burdensome

Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

Related Definitions:
Be, Borne, Causing, Fatigue, Grievous, Oppressive, Or, To, Uneasiness


Burdensome Quotations

I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.
Richard Cobden

It is no secret that our tax code is drastically outdated and burdensome to all Americans. Fortunately, more and more people are aware daily of the inequities that arise from things such as the estate tax, and it has come to the forefront of Congress' agenda.
Jeff Miller

Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome.
Sherwood Boehlert

The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.
Earl Blumenauer

Burdensome Translations

burdensome in Afrikaans is swaar
burdensome in Danish is tung
burdensome in Dutch is drukkend, zwaar
burdensome in French is lourd
burdensome in German is beschwerlich
burdensome in Norwegian is tung
burdensome in Portuguese is pesado


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