burdensome

From burden +‎ -some.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.dən.səm/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝ.dən.səm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜː.dən.səm/, [ˈbɜː.ɾən.səm]

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbøː.dən.səm/

burdensome (comparative more burdensome, superlative most burdensome)

1. 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.

• (of or like a burden): arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

• burden

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