Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underburden
Participle: underburdened
Gerund: underburdening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | underburden |
| you | underburden |
| he;she;it | underburdens |
| we | underburden |
| you | underburden |
| they | underburden |
Perfect
| I | have underburdened |
| you | have underburdened |
| he;she;it | has underburdened |
| we | have underburdened |
| you | have underburdened |
| they | have underburdened |
Past
| I | underburdened |
| you | underburdened |
| he;she;it | underburdened |
| we | underburdened |
| you | underburdened |
| they | underburdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had underburdened |
| you | had underburdened |
| he;she;it | had underburdened |
| we | had underburdened |
| you | had underburdened |
| they | had underburdened |
Future
| I | will underburden |
| you | will underburden |
| he;she;it | will underburden |
| we | will underburden |
| you | will underburden |
| they | will underburden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underburdened |
| you | will have underburdened |
| he;she;it | will have underburdened |
| we | will have underburdened |
| you | will have underburdened |
| they | will have underburdened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underburden |
| you | underburden |
| he;she;it | underburden |
| we | underburden |
| you | underburden |
| they | underburden |
Perfect
| I | have underburdened |
| you | have underburdened |
| he;she;it | have underburdened |
| we | have underburdened |
| you | have underburdened |
| they | have underburdened |
Imperfect
| I | underburdened |
| you | underburdened |
| he;she;it | underburdened |
| we | underburdened |
| you | underburdened |
| they | underburdened |
Pluperfect
| I | had underburdened |
| you | had underburdened |
| he;she;it | had underburdened |
| we | had underburdened |
| you | had underburdened |
| they | had underburdened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underburden |
| you | would underburden |
| he;she;it | would underburden |
| we | would underburden |
| you | would underburden |
| they | would underburden |
Perfect
| I | would have underburdened |
| you | would have underburdened |
| he;she;it | would have underburdened |
| we | would have underburdened |
| you | would have underburdened |
| they | would have underburdened |
Imperative
| you | underburden |
| we | Let's underburden |
| you | underburden |
Verbs conjugated like 'underburden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underburden'
overburden,
unburden,
underbreed,
underbudget,
underbury,
undercurrent,
underorder,
underturn,
disburden,
disemburden,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + burden.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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Well aware of the orgy of scapegoating that the world had embarked upon, I didn't want to blame anyone, let alone run the risk of overburdening some and underburdening others with responsibility for the crunch. [2009, Tetsuya Ishikawa, How I Caused the Credit Crunch, →ISBN:]
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Moving to the climate change context, as long as there is not a comprehensive climate policy in place, respect for the principles of polluter pays and proportionality will require a mechanism to determine the level of pollution created by each polluter, so as to avoid that some polluters are overburdened while others are underburdened. [2011, Javier De Cendra de Larragán, Distributional Choices in EU Climate Change Law and Policy, →ISBN:]
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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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After five days of unsatisfactory work, we came to the conclusion that the furnace was underburdened. [1909, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Transactions - Volume 39, page 716:]
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You can tell when a furnace is underburdened by the continued tendency to make hotter iron than that desired, also by the continued use of cold air necessitating low stove heat. [1916, Blast Furnace and Steel Plant - Volume 4, page 350:]
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Workers who are underburdened may experience stress because they feel their contributions to the company are not significant or that their talents are not being used. [1990, Philip C. Grant, The Effort-net Return Model of Employee Motivation:]
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Measuring instruments which are connected to underburdened current transformers are adequately protected during normal operation, although this may not be the case in the event of a short-circuit. [1994, Petra Belzner, Siemens, & Jan Dommisse, Switching, protection and distribution in low-voltage networks, →ISBN:]