Synonyms for burdensome
ˈbɜr dn səmbur·den·some

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1. burdensomeadjective

   Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding

   Synonyms:
   onerous, taxing, arduous, demanding, exacting

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1. burdensome, onerous, taxingadjective

   not easily borne; wearing

   "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

   Synonyms:
   onerous, taxing

   Antonyms:
   light

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1. burdensomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   heavy, oppressive, onerous

2. burdensomeadjective

   Synonyms:
   troublesome, grievous, hard to bear

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1. List of paraphrases for "burdensome":

   onerous, cumbersome, heavy, costly, expensive, binding, tedious, bulky

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1. David Valadao:

   Like so many family dairy farms across the country, burdensome government regulations made it impossible for the operation to remain open, while this has been an especially difficult experience, I remain hopeful that sharing my story will help those going through similar situations. This is exactly why I ran for Congress -- to give agriculture communities across the nation a voice in Washington.

2. Pope John Paul II:

   Where self-interest is suppressed, it is replaced by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control that dries up the wellspring of initiative and creativity.

3. Glass Lewis in its report:

   We do not believe that adoption of this proposal would be overly burdensome for the company.

4. The EU regulation:

   It (ACEA) considers that the upstream part of the supply chain has the best leverage to achieve transparency in mineral sourcing and to effectively combat the financing of armed conflicts, compliance obligations for downstream companies should be avoided as they are extremely burdensome and costly in case of highly complex supply chains.

5. Mark Takano:

   This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations.