unnecessary burden

collocation in English

meaningsofunnecessaryandburden

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unnecessary
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/us
/ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/
not needed or wanted, or more than is needed ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofunnecessaryandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was seen as anunnecessaryburdenon a productive countryside, and the party argued for their eventual extinction over a number of years.
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Following such a universal principle does not ease the representation task, and many times introducesunnecessaryburdenfor modeling.
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Family members may see involvement in the research as an added andunnecessaryburdenfor the patient or themselves and request that the patient not get involved.
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However, in elderly diabetic patients with borderline control, it may represent an additionalunnecessaryburdenthat can be avoided, especially when thiazide diuretics are the chief culprits.
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That is anunnecessaryburdenfor a plaintiff to bear.
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That would place anunnecessaryburdenon those conducting the operation.
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Avoiding one area puts anunnecessaryburdenon other areas.
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This is anunnecessaryburdenon the ratepayer.
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The amendment would place anunnecessaryburdenon the disabled person.
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He further pointed out that some parties were in such frequent contact that a separate statement on each occasion might be anunnecessaryburden.
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The purpose was to investigate whether the planning system was constituting anunnecessaryburdenon the establishment and growth of small businesses in rural areas.
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It feels that the provision for veterinary inspection place anunnecessaryburdenon the industry.
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It will probably place anunnecessaryburdenwhere it does not need to rest.
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He said that it would place anunnecessaryburdenon parents.
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That would place anunnecessaryburdenon parents and guardians and on the education authorities, which would have to divert resources to that exercise.
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It is not our wish to put anyunnecessaryburdenon business beyond that which is necessary for the working of the regime.
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That seems to me to place a whollyunnecessaryburden—not only a manpower burden, but a burden in general terms—on the shoulders of the police.
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They are exceedingly complex, and they will put a great and, we think, anunnecessaryburdenupon the authorities who have to administer them.
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We believe that this merely places an additional andunnecessaryburdenon the civil courts.
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I do not want to impose anyunnecessaryburdenor strain on him.
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