burdensome
adjUK /ˈbɜː.dən.səm/ · CA, US /ˈbɝ.dən.səm/
Etymology From burden + -some.
1
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 6:
- 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.1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555:
- Synonyms
- arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing, backbreaking, burdenous, burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrous, gruelling, laborious, nimious, operose, oppressive, strenuous, wearing
- Derived terms
- burdensomely, burdensomeness, nonburdensome, overburdensome, unburdensome
- Related terms
- burden