overload

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This overload is a huge burden for any developing country's reform team; in a fragile state it can overwhelm a small team that needs time to work with colleagues and countrymen as well.

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  1. transitive verb To load too heavily.
  2. noun An excessive load.

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  • Obama might well be accused of asking Congress to do more than is within its capacities -- the current meme from the pundits is "overload" -- but in fact, one of the paradoxes of separated powers between the President and Congress is that the less there is to do, the easier it is for the President's adversaries to slow things down. —  Balkinization
  • This overload is a huge burden for any developing country's reform team; in a fragile state it can overwhelm a small team that needs time to work with colleagues and countrymen as well. —  IntelliBriefs
  • I started with the idea of doing something that would avoid complete cute overload, which is a hard task when you start with an avatar as cute as this bunny, and I definitely knew I didn't want to wear shoes because I love these paws and their pink pads. —  Fashion World of SL
  • The net has two inherent flaws: information overload, and information equality.
  • As David Allen says, "If information overload were the problem, the first time you walk into a library your head would explode."
 

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/ˈoʊvər1oʊd/
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