Definition of "overburdening" []

• Present participle of overburden. (verb)

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• "Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan said some schools, like Hyde Park, received too many new kids, 'overburdening' them."
• ""But by siting these kinds of facilities in areas with specific types of demographics, they're really overburdening people who are least able to come up with the resources to fight them.""
• "Some governments are worried about overburdening banks with new taxes, while others say it would be unfair to punish banks that have little exposure to Greece."