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Answer for the clue "Unwelcome burdensome difficulty ", 14 letters:
burdensomeness

Word definitions for burdensomeness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being burdensome.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: onerousness , oppressiveness ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burdensome \Bur"den*some\, a. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. --Milton. Syn: Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. [1913 Webster] -- ...

Usage examples of burdensomeness.

The burdensomeness of Moses’ law, ere it was overlaid, in later days, by Rabbinical scrupulosity, has been much exaggerated.

The Athenians, however, far from having their taste for the voyage taken away by the burdensomeness of the preparations, became more eager for it than ever.