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English
Etymology
From burden + -ful.
Adjective
burdenful (comparative more burdenful, superlative most burdenful)
- (rare) Marked by burdens.
1887 August 21, Ellen T. Leonard, “ Burden Bearing and Burden Sharing. ”, in Unity: Freedom, Fellowship and Character in Religion, volume LV, number 7, Chicago, Ill.: Unity Publishing Company, published 1905 April 13, page 120, column 2: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 of adaptation to that future in the long run, no less than to the momentary burdens in hand; and above all things there must be faith in the nobility of burden bearing.
1908, Gerda Dalliba, “ 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: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 the fire not to fire but flame, / With all the end of Destiny the same!
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, Orem, Ut.: SunRise Publishing, →ISBN, Part 7, pages 291–292:Combine that with the burdenful, ever changing agency procedures in National Environmental Policy Act processes, and you have a recipe for disaster.
2001 spring/summer, Gary Lutz, “Her Dear Only Father’s Lone Wife’s Solitudinized, Peaceless Son”, in Rebecca Wolff, editor, Fence, volume 4, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Fence Magazine, Inc., →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 141–142:For the tract ends on the completive, burdenful note that, unbeknown to the man, the woman’s long sleeves are stuffed entirely with knee socks and wadded homework papers, except for mouthwash-bottle caps poking out where the elbows would ordinarily, jointedly, go; […]
2002, Jack Haas, “The Myth of Knowing”, in The Way of Wonder: A Return to the Mystery of Ourselves, Vancouver, B.C.: Iconoclast Press, →ISBN, Part I (Of Heaven, Hell, and Redemption), page 35: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.
2012, M.R. Shetty, English Couplets: 33,333 Original Couplets, volume V, Shahpur Jat, Delhi: Pentagon Press, →ISBN, page 1158, column 2:How to find a slot for such a burdenful thought
2014, Claus Rasmussen, Corporate Valuation – The IAFR® Approach, Aarhus: Rasmussen Finance, →ISBN, front flap:The Intangible Augmented Financial Reporting or IAFR® approach to corporate valuation in contrast augments the official balance sheets with not only the missing intangible assets, but also adds the much overlooked intangible liabilities and provides you with a profoundly improved understanding of the risk factors related to the burdenful business obligations that are ignored by the IFRS and GAAP.