Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To subject to an excessive burden or strain.
- transitive verb To tax in excess of what is considered appropriate or just.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tax too heavily or oppressively; hence, to exact too much from in any way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tax or to task too heavily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
tax to an excessive degree - verb To
overburden
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tax excessively
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Examples
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The worst-hit utility, Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric Co., asked customers to conserve power throughout the weekend so as not to overtax a still-fragile system.
Southwest Returns From Darkness Rebecca Smith 2011
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Despite the possibility that a handful of Republicans will vote for the climate change bill, party leaders continue to pound their message that a new set of environmental regulations will overtax Americans and eliminate jobs.
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The report said that the use of contractors in the United States' earlier contingencies did not overtax agencies' capacity to support, manage and oversee them, because the contingencies' scope or duration were comparatively smaller or shorter than the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
David Isenberg: War and Private Contractors: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them David Isenberg 2011
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The report said that the use of contractors in the United States' earlier contingencies did not overtax agencies' capacity to support, manage and oversee them, because the contingencies' scope or duration were comparatively smaller or shorter than the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
David Isenberg: War and Private Contractors: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them David Isenberg 2011
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The report said that the use of contractors in the United States' earlier contingencies did not overtax agencies' capacity to support, manage and oversee them, because the contingencies' scope or duration were comparatively smaller or shorter than the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
David Isenberg: War and Private Contractors: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them David Isenberg 2011
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It says that sometimes we have excess capacity, and sometimes we overtax capacity, but on average we get it right.
Keynesians and Monetarists, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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No matter how strong your willpower muscle becomes, it's important to always respect the fact that it is limited, and if you overtax it, you will temporarily run out of steam.
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But as more EVs replace regular cars, they could overtax the current power grid if they aren't charged at off-peak times.
Why Electric Vehicles Need A Smarter Grid Bob Gilligan 2010
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"Teaching" universities completely disinterested in competitive research can hire absolutely brilliant professors and then overtax them by not giving them support.
Snobby-Nosed Nonsense Candid Engineer 2009
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The report said that the use of contractors in the United States' earlier contingencies did not overtax agencies' capacity to support, manage and oversee them, because the contingencies' scope or duration were comparatively smaller or shorter than the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
David Isenberg: War and Private Contractors: Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them David Isenberg 2011
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