additional burden
collocation in Englishmeaningsofadditionalandburden
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additional
adjective
uk/əˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/us/əˈdɪʃ.ən.əl/
extra:
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burden
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɜː.dən/us/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofadditionalandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofadditional burden
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These outcomes would all constituteadditionalburdenin general practice.
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Clearly, the payment of rent represented anadditionalburdenand source of distress for tenants.
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Our system has some limitations as the mechanism places anadditionalburdenon the operator who is now part of the control loop.
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As this last comment suggests, some officers found their involvement in the partnerships to be a considerable and insufficiently appreciatedadditionalburden.
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The advantages of a more intensive protocol must, however, be weighed against theadditionalburdenit creates.
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Should this occur, it would affect not only the patient's normalization but also place anadditionalburdenon health and social care agencies.
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The inclusion of verbs would have put anadditionalburdenon knowledge experts, as these would have to analyze the 1496 additional concepts to retain only a few.
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A truly decentralised coordination can only be achieved by a coupled mechanism, so it bears theadditionalburdenof ensuring that all involved agents will behave as expected.
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Requiring explicit initialization of solver variables putsadditionalburdenon the programmer and makes it impossible to write multi-moded predicate definitions for which different modes require different variable initialisations.
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It is a legal obligation and entitles affiliates and often their dependants to protection against specific risks which reduce or place anadditionalburdenon income.
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People may view involvement in research as just anadditionalburden, especially if extra appointments are required, particularly if the patient needs to travel long distances to the treatment center.
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This would put anadditionalburdenon the sector.
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If we had a sensible set of rules, we could rid the trading system of an enormousadditionalburden.
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Thisadditionalburdendoes not justify the infringement of human rights.
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Is he not aware that these increases will impose anadditionalburdenon them?
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Theadditionalburdenon local authorities because of these higher interest rates amounted to no less than £17 million in 1961–62.
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Power was given to ease off during the first five years theadditionalburdenit was expected that he would have to carry.
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By any standard, that is a hugeadditionalburden, and it is an inefficient way to reduce car use, if that was the intention.
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