underburdening

Verb

underburden (third-person singular simple present underburdens, present participle underburdening, simple past and past participle underburdened)

1. To give too light a burden; to assign less than a fair share.
   • In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work.2007, Kimberley Coles, Democratic Designs, →ISBN
2. To assign less work than someone or something is capable of.
   • If a man is overburdened, which is the true cause of complaint, or underburdened, which is the modern cause of complaint, he may seek redress; but he alone who is overburdened or underburdened is authorised to seek redress.1826, David Dalrymple, Mungo Ponton Brown, Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session: From 1766 to 1791

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