underburdened
English
editVerb
editunderburdened
- simple past and past participle of underburden
Adjective
editunderburdened (comparative more underburdened, superlative most underburdened)
- Not having sufficient work.
- 1989, Philip C. Grant, Multiple Use Job Descriptions, →ISBN:
- Tasks may be taken from the overburdened and given to the underburdened; certain tasks may be shared; some additional (new) tasks may be assigned the underburdened; perhaps employees who are overburdened can have some of their tasks simplified, combined with others, or outright eliminated.
- (mining) Having too powerful an explosive for the amount of rock broken up, resulting in a risk of igniting dust and gasses.
- 1960, Bulletin - Issues 586-595, page 265:
- Probably one or more of the holes was underburdened, causing an ignition of methane and coal dust.
- 1984, Employment Safety and Health Guide, page 7249:
- Detonation of underburdened or overburdened explosive charges is extremely dangerous.
- 2006, Robert E Hartley, David Kenney, Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters, →ISBN:
- A blown-out shot of explosives that was stemmed with coal dust, or an underburdened shot of explosives could have ignited the coal dust.