overtaxing
Demanding too much
Overtaxing means placing too great a burden on something.
You can overtax a system, a resource, or a person's patience: The influx of tourists is overtaxing the city's infrastructure.
The word often describes demands that exceed capacity—physical, mental, or institutional.
Less commonly, it refers to imposing excessive taxes: The colonists accused the crown of overtaxing them.
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
- tiringCausing fatigue
wearing · enervating · debilitating · burnout · exhaustion · weariness · fatigue · prostration
Surpassing reasonable bounds
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
- inordinateExceeding proper limits
immoderate · extortionate · prohibitive · crippling · punitive · usurious · steep · unconscionable
Loading beyond capacity
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- strainExcessive stretching force
- pressureForce upon contact
weight · encumbrance · heaviness · crushing · oppressive · onerous · burdensome · cumbersome
Causing worry or tension
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- tensionStretched or strained state
- worryTroubled mental state
- distressSevere anxiety or suffering
nervousness · agitation · unease · frustration · irritability · edginess · restlessness · frayed
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- dutyRequired moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- exciseRemove by cutting
surcharge · withholding · bracket · audit · IRS · revenue · fiscal · imposition
draining
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- fatiguingCausing weariness or exhaustion
tiring · wearing · enervating · debilitating · burnout · exhaustion · weariness · fatigue · prostration · overstrain
excessive
Surpassing reasonable bounds
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
inordinate · immoderate · extortionate · prohibitive · crippling · punitive · usurious · steep · unconscionable · exploitative
overburdening
Loading beyond capacity
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- strainExcessive stretching force
pressure · weight · encumbrance · heaviness · crushing · oppressive · onerous · burdensome · cumbersome · unmanageable
stressful
Causing worry or tension
distress · nervousness · agitation · unease · frustration · irritability · edginess · restlessness · frayed · overwhelmed
levy
Compulsory government charge
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- dutyRequired moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
excise · surcharge · withholding · bracket · audit · IRS · revenue · fiscal · imposition · toll
- overloadoverload, overwhelmed, excess, surplus, maxed out
- overuseoveruse, overconsumption, overexploitation, excess, waste
overtaxingeasing
Reducing strain or difficulty
relieving · unburdening · easing up · undemanding · restful
overtaxingrestful
Peaceful and calming
relaxing · rejuvenating · restorative · refreshing · recuperative
tax, taxes, taxation, overtaxed, overtax, taxable, untaxed, taxman, pretax