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onerous burden

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meanings of onerousand burden


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onerous
adjective
uk /ˈəʊ.nər.əs/ us /ˈɑː.nɚ.əs/
difficult to do or needing a lot ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk /ˈbɜː.dən/ us /ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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Examples of onerous burden


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However, the new provision may not have been expected to impose an especially onerousburden.
The onerousburden of taking an adaptationist position is not side-stepped by some of the proposed anti-adaptationist suggestions.
Those traits that do survive the onerousburden of special design will, however, put the evolutionary sciences on a much firmer theoretical foundation.
Pitkeathley (1989) has noted that caring is usually depicted as an onerousburden but it is important to remember that it can also be a rewarding experience.
I do not seek to introduce an onerousburden in such situations.
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We do not wish to discourage dog ownership or to place an onerousburden on those who cannot afford it.
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That is not an onerousburden at all; it will simply ensure that the opportunities for avoidance are reduced.
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It is obvious that, to some of these people, a tax arrear is an onerousburden.
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There is a growing demand that something must be done to relieve the onerousburden which is now placed upon householders.
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I confess it seems to me that it will impose an extremely onerousburden upon learning and education.
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Subsection (3) of the clause gives the accused a less onerousburden of proof.
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It was criticised as the most onerousburden ever placed on the distributive industry.
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That is a much more onerousburden, and those debts are being paid at this moment.
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To introduce flexibility will not put an enormous or onerousburden upon education authorities.
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These men very largely—not entirely— leave this country because of the less onerousburden of taxation in the countries of their destination.
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That would place an unduly onerousburden on shopkeepers.
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Although the guarantor is not obliged to repair defects that are not his fault, proving so is an onerousburden on him.
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I am not aware that applying for determinations places an onerousburden on local authorities.
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Some of the tolls on motor vehicles, especially those engaged in trade, will be an onerousburden in certain respects.
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They also suggest that it would place another onerousburden upon them because of the failure to give enough recognition to existing national legislation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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