"burdenful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more burdenful [comparative], most burdenful [superlative]
Etymology: From burden + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|burden|ful|pos=adjective}} burden + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} burdenful (comparative more burdenful, superlative most burdenful)
  1. (rare) Marked by burdens. Tags: rare
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          "text": "No change from the primordial doth appear, / Within the earth’s rotation of the year, / Nor are ye heirless of her sane decree, / The problem is potentiality / Of Spring and Autumn, burdenful with Fate, / Upon the seeds of labour ye must wait, / Sowing the Consequence by which ye came, / Flinting the fire not to fire but flame, / With all the end of Destiny the same!",
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          "text": "For the tract ends on the completive, burdenful note that, unbeknown to the man, the woman’s long sleeves are stuffed entirely with knee socks and wadded homework papers, except for mouthwash-bottle caps poking out where the elbows would ordinarily, jointedly, go; […]",
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          "ref": "2002, The Queen of Spades (Great Scenes), Hollywood, Calif.: Delos International, Inc., Act III, scene ii, page 21, column 2:",
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          "ref": "2012, M.R. Shetty, English Couplets: 33,333 Original Couplets, volume V, Shahpur Jat, Delhi: Pentagon Press, →ISBN, page 1158, column 2:",
          "text": "How to find a slot for such a burdenful thought",
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          "ref": "2014, Claus Rasmussen, Corporate Valuation – The IAFR® Approach, Aarhus: Rasmussen Finance, →ISBN, front flap:",
          "text": "The Intangible Augmented Financial Reporting or IAFR® approach to corporate valuation in contrast augments the official balance sheets with not only the missing intangible assets, but also adds the much overlooked intangible liabilities and provides you with a profoundly improved understanding of the risk factors related to the burdenful business obligations that are ignored by the IFRS and GAAP.",
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