underburdened

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of underburden

comparative more underburdened · superlative most underburdened

1. Not having sufficient work.

   Tasks may be taken from the overburdened and given to the underburdened; certain tasks may be shared; some additional (new) tasks may be assigned the underburdened; perhaps employees who are overburdened can have some of their tasks simplified, combined with others, or outright eliminated.

   1989, Philip C. Grant, Multiple Use Job Descriptions, →ISBN

2. businessHaving too powerful an explosive for the amount of rock broken up, resulting in a risk of igniting dust and gasses.

   Detonation of underburdened or overburdened explosive charges is extremely dangerous.

   1984, Employment Safety and Health Guide, page 7249

   2 more examples

   Probably one or more of the holes was underburdened, causing an ignition of methane and coal dust.

   1960, Bulletin - Issues 586-595, page 265

   A blown-out shot of explosives that was stemmed with coal dust, or an underburdened shot of explosives could have ignited the coal dust.

   2006, Robert E Hartley, David Kenney, Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters, →ISBN