Definition of "overburdened" []

• Excessively burdened (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of overburden. (verb)

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• "Misinformation, such as the idea that reservations are beyond the law, poor understanding of Native cultures, and uncooperative court officials complicate matters in overburdened child-welfare systems."
• "In Rick Santelli's famous rant on CNBC he called overburdened home owners struggling with their mortgages "losers" while using his podium to forward his political agendas."
• "Often parents -- there's a syndrome called the overburdened child syndrome, where parents will make their children confidantes, lovers, friends, bring them into play into matters in which they have no business participating in."