Overworked

verb

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.verbTo make (someone) work too hard.

"to overwork a horse"

2.verbTo work too hard.

3.verbTo fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.

4.verbTo decorate all over.

5.adjectiveSubjected to too much work.

"Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player."

6.adjective(of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.

"overworked, unaffecting cliches"

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