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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Loaded or burdened too heavily.

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  • adjective packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded: a tray overladen with food, a trunk overladen with clothes
  • adjective burdened excessively: a student overladen with homework, first-time parents overladen with new responsibility

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  • adjective loaded past capacity

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over- +‎ laden

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