burdenful
burdenful adjective: marked by burdens.
Adjective
burdenful (comparative more burdenful, superlative most burdenful)
- Marked by burdens.
- If it is to be endurance and efficiency we must have scope to our vision; only adaptation to present burdens is required, but the intelligent forward-looking which accepts the probability of a burdenful future; honestly recognizes burdens as burdens but cheerfully accepts them; there must be wisdom...1887 August 21, Ellen T. Leonard, “[The Pulpit.] Burden Bearing and Burden Sharing. […]”, in Unity: Freedom, Fellowship and Character in Religion, volume LV, number 7, Chicago, Ill.: Unity Publishing...
- No change from the primordial doth appear, / Within the earth’s rotation of the year, / Nor are ye heirless of her sane decree, / The problem is potentiality / Of Spring and Autumn, burdenful with Fate, / Upon the seeds of labour ye must wait, / Sowing the Consequence by which ye came, / Flinting...1908, Gerda Dalliba, “[An Earth Poem] Children of Sod (Morning)”, in An Earth Poem and Other Poems, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, page 33
Examples of burdenful in a sentence
- Combine that with the burdenful, ever changing agency procedures in National Environmental Policy Act processes, and you have a recipe for disaster.1999, A. Joel Frandsen, “The Trails Part”, in Forest Trails and Tales: A Behind the Scene Account of a Career in the U.S. Forest Service...
- Adults adulterate the joyful givenness of life into an encumbering, burdenful yoke- a yoke which must be cast off, if we are to ever reach greener pastures.2002, Jack Haas, “The Myth of Knowing”, in The Way of Wonder: A Return to the Mystery of Ourselves, Vancouver, B.C.: Iconoclast Press...
- How to find a slot for such a burdenful thought2012, M.R. Shetty, English Couplets: 33,333 Original Couplets, volume V, Shahpur Jat, Delhi: Pentagon Press, →ISBN, page 1158, column 2:
Forms of burdenful
| comparative | more burdenful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most burdenful |
Origin of burdenful
From burden + -ful.
Questions about burdenful
- What does burdenful mean?
- Burdenful means marked by burdens.
- How do you use burdenful in a sentence?
- Combine that with the burdenful, ever changing agency procedures in National Environmental Policy Act processes, and you have a recipe for disaster.
- What part of speech is burdenful?
- Burdenful is an adjective.
Words near burdenful in the dictionary
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