Burden and Intelligence

Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Intelligence and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intelligence" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Intelligence noun - The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems.

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Burden and intelligence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Intelligence".

emotional	emotional burden	emotional intelligence
physical	physical burden	physical intelligence
full	full burden	full intelligence
complete	complete burden	complete intelligence
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, real, massive, lower, cruel, social, extra, greater.

Despite Jacob's intelligence and fascination with forensic analysis, he is portrayed as being a burden on his family.

Source: Hollywood Autism
Other castes (excepting the Soldier Caste, which is almost as intelligent as the Breeders) are little more then beasts of burden, lacking the intelligence to do anything more then the tasks they evolved to do.

Source: Literature / The Night's Dawn Trilogy
In the fourth section he's on the island of Houyhnhnms, who are intelligent horses who keep a population of feral humans as beasts of burden, but choose to make Gulliver a housepet due to his relative intelligence.

Source: Human Pet

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