What does burdensome mean?
Burdensome means Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
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/ˈbɜː.dən.səm/ · adjective
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
. . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
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.
Use burdensome when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Burdensome means Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding.
Common synonyms include arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
. . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
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