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

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being oppressive.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a feeling of being oppressed [syn: oppression ] unwelcome burdensome difficulty [syn: burdensomeness , onerousness ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oppressive \Op*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. oppressif.] Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. --Macaulay. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority ...

Usage examples of oppressiveness.

It was pleasant to be apart from him, his experience, his weightiness, the innocent oppressiveness of his maturity, his dominance.

The smoke-darkened timbers seemed to breathe out a miasma of oppressiveness.