unfair burden

collocation in English

meaningsofunfairandburden

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unfair
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈfeər/us
/ʌnˈfer/
not treating people in an equal way, or not ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofunfairandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfair burden

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Obedience is not pointless in this circumstance; nor can patients who are held to the rules plausibly complain that their physician has placed anunfairburdenon them.
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Both women stated that since becoming sick they weren't as willing to become involved in a relationship, feeling that it would be anunfairburdento someone else.
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Because friends or family members are not expected to be the primary beneficiaries of the research, making them responsible for its costs would place anunfairburdenon them.
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Just as in the case of the training colleges, a mostunfairburdenhas been imposed on them in the last 10 years.
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A £l0 duty on a £50 fare is a significant extra cost, and anunfairburden.
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I wholly endorse the new clause, which seeks to compensate business for bearing anunfairburden.
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That is almost unique and is anunfairburdento place on young people.
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We are being asked to carry anunfairburden.
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Therefore, they would bear anunfairburdenif it applied over 12 months.
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The report imposes a grosslyunfairburdenon the civil servants who have "carried the can" so far.
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Thisunfairburdenwas placed upon the shoulders of the smallholder.
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It is a burden and tax on the average citizen of the country and a veryunfairburden.
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It will mean that it is being asked to operate under a grosslyunfairburden.
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I say that to ask him to pay for this crimson or scarlet and gold sash is to put anunfairburdenupon him.
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We are also putting anunfairburdenon the university authority.
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It is intolerable for civil liberties and it is anunfairburdento place on the shoulders of individual policemen.
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I am sure that there will be nounfairburdenresting on the butcher, nor should we wish there to be.
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However, we decided against that because we felt that it would impose anunfairburdenon providers.
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I believe it is anunfairburdento put on the retailer.
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Will he consider removing thatunfairburdenfrom the nuclear industry, because it is a major problem for that industry at the present time?
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