Overwork
[əʊvə'wɜːk] or ['ovɚ'wɝk]
Definition
(noun.) the act of working too much or too long; 'he became ill from overwork'.
(verb.) use too much; 'This play has been overworked'.
(verb.) work excessively hard; 'he is exploiting the students'.
Checker: Roberta--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
(v. t.) To fill too full of work; to crowd with labor.
(v. t.) To decorate all over.
(v. t.) To work too much, or beyond one's strength.
(n.) Work in excess of the usual or stipulated time or quantity; extra work; also, excessive labor.
Checker: Roland
Definition
v.t. and v.i. to work overmuch or beyond the strength: to tire.—n. O′verwork excess of work: excessive labour.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
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Examples
- Don't overwork yourself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I think it desirable for him to know nothing more than that he must not overwork himself, and must observe certain rules. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dr. Digby (the headmaster) has quite knocked me up with overwork. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Overwork and consequent exhaustion began to have their natural effect. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Assuming for a moment, that he _was_ overworked; it would show itself in some renewal of this disorder? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He's very tired and overworked, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You've been so wickedly overworked-- Perhaps it's that. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- My dear Manette, if he were overworked now-- My dear Lorry, I doubt if that could easily be. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then my spouse unfortunately overworked herself in washing the house, so that we could do no longer without a maid. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A little overworked, I am afraid? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I'm afraid they've been overworking you again at the office. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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