burdensome
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burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)
- Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
- 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 6:
- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
- 1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555:
- Finally, there are the commuter trains. Both companies operate these around the big cities and both find them burdensome, owing to the lack of off-peak travel.
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of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
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- “burdensome”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.