The phrase "as overburden" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a state of being overwhelmed or excessively burdened, but it lacks context and clarity.
Example: "As overburden, I found it difficult to focus on my tasks."
Alternatives: "as overwhelmed" or "as overloaded".
(The material is delicately referred to as "overburden").
Accordingly, the pressure to which the layer is subjected increases because of the load on top, known as overburden.
Companies often shun these gifts from nature, bury them as "overburden", standing in the way of getting at coal.
(The material is delicately referred to as "overburden"). Below the tar sands, there's a thick layer of limestone, the remains of an ancient ocean that once covered Alberta.
Oil relative permeability decreased and water relative permeability increased as overburden pressure increased at fixed pore pressure.
Adding to the challenge of recovery, the waves unleashed by Hurricane Isaac churned up marshlands, causing them to release what is known as overburden, an influx of loosened marsh grasses that is then cast atop the reefs.
As overburdened survivors did triage on their responsibilities, mentoring underlings was often the first thing to go.
A far better approach — for these young people as well as overburdened government budgets — is to lock up only truly dangerous children and enroll the rest in community-based monitoring programs.
But gauging and addressing needs are different, and a Pentagon task force last year described the military mental health system as overburdened, "woefully" understaffed, inadequately financed and undermined by the stigma attached to PTSD.
Protesters, backed by trade unionists, had come to the square to peacefully denounce economic policies that are widely seen as overburdening the middle class and poor two years into Greece's debt crisis.
The bankruptcy filing in December was no surprise to analysts, who have long criticized the sale to Mr. Zell as overburdening the company with more than $11 billion in debt at a time when advertising revenues were plummeting.
