"underburdened" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more underburdened [comparative], most underburdened [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} underburdened (comparative more underburdened, superlative most underburdened)
  1. Not having sufficient work.
    Sense id: en-underburdened-en-adj-63Iu4Q1W
  2. (mining) Having too powerful an explosive for the amount of rock broken up, resulting in a risk of igniting dust and gasses. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-underburdened-en-adj-ItUi3vK2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 68 4 Topics: business, mining

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} underburdened
  1. simple past and past participle of underburden Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: underburden
    Sense id: en-underburdened-en-verb-ojb3o7vX

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