Underburdened
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underburdened is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of underburden.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of underburden.
More Meanings
- Not having sufficient work.
- (mining) Having too powerful an explosive for the amount of rock broken up, resulting in a risk of igniting dust and gasses.
Example Sentences
Detonation of underburdened or overburdened explosive charges is extremely dangerous.
Probably one or more of the holes was underburdened, causing an ignition of methane and coal dust.
A blown-out shot of explosives that was stemmed with coal dust, or an underburdened shot of explosives could have ignited the coal dust.
Tasks may be taken from the overburdened and given to the underburdened; certain tasks may be shared; some additional (new) tasks may be assigned the underburdened; perhaps employees who are overburdened can have some of their tasks simplified, combined with others, or outright eliminated.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underworked, underoccupied, undertooled, underprovided, undisburdened, unsufficed.
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