lumbered
British slang meaning stuck with something unwanted or burdened with a difficult situation or person.
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British slang meaning stuck with something unwanted or burdened with a difficult situation or person. To be lumbered with someone means to be landed with them, typically against your will or through bad luck. The older sense of being in prison is now obsolete. The burden sense is the one in everyday modern use.
She got lumbered with organising the whole event because everyone else made excuses.
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(slang) Trapped, encumbered.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) In prison.
“That, and the way that any conversation between two Daleks that lasts more than a minute is going to make your ears bleed. They're always at their hardest to listen to when they're lumbered with any exposition”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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