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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a negative burden" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an obligation or responsibility that is perceived as detrimental or unwelcome.
Example: "The constant pressure to meet unrealistic deadlines became a negative burden on the team's morale."
Alternatives: "a heavy load" or "an unwanted obligation".
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Infants in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) are exposed to routine procedures that often cause distress and carry a negative burden or load on the infant's neurodevelopment.
This proposed rule change buttresses the false narrative that immigrants are a negative burden on the country, unfairly draining taxpayer resources, despite countless studies that show immigration as a positive contributor to the country's economy.
He asked: "Are we using all of the incentives at our disposal to encourage older people not just to be a negative burden on the state but actually be a positive part of society?" Prof Martin Weale, a member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee, said the proposal was "outside the normal range of what is discussed", but added it was an "interesting point".
In the mid-1980s, in response to a further fall in world prices, the government lifted the export tax measures that had been a negative burden on farmers.
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The point is that captaincy, far from having a negative effect and being a burden, can act as inspiration.
One plausible approach would be for the courts to impose the same burden of proof on defendants seeking to rebut the presumption of reliance by showing that the disclosure correcting the misstatement did not have a negative effect on price as the burden imposed on plaintiffs seeking to establish loss causation by showing that the corrective disclosure did have such an effect.
The bottom line is that presbyopia has a significant negative burden on global productivity, and correction would provide an opposite positive boost, especially in lower-income countries.
The high prevalence together with the reduced quality of life and associated co-morbidities in patients suffering from IBS put a significant negative burden on both patients and society (2).
Arnaud Danjean said France no longer wanted the "negative burden" of migrants aiming to cross the Channel being detained on its soil.
Sleep disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder (school phobia) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, learning disorder, enuresis, encopresis and tic disorder should be carefully looked for and treated when found, considering their negative burden in disability and prognosis of pediatric headache.
Our AMGB measure does not consider that low A1C might increase CVD risk nor does its calculation include negative burden for A1C values <7% (53 mmol/mol).
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