overworked

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English

Definitions

verb

To make (someone) work too hard.“to overwork a horse”
To work too hard.
To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
To decorate all over.

adjective

Subjected to too much work.“Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.”
(of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.“overworked, unaffecting cliches”

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Synonyms

exploit overburdened overloaded overstretched swamped busy slammed overcrowded overwrought tired reworked overflowed overwhelmed reviewed revised overpressured

Associated

underpaid starved exhausted breakdown nervous frustrated stressed physicians controller poorly argue

Rhymes

irked smirked worked jerked burked lurked reworked shirked perked quirked

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