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Overworking

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Noun

1. overwork, overworking

the act of working too much or too long

Example Sentences:
'he became ill from overwork'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Overworking

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verb (ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk ) (mainly tr)
1. (also intr)
to work or cause to work too hard or too long
2. 
to use too much
to overwork an excuse
3. 
to decorate the surface of
4. 
to work up
noun (ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk )
5. 
excessive or excessively tiring work

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Overworking

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verb transitive
1. 
to work or use to excess
to overwork a horse; to overwork an excuse
2. 
to decorate the surface of
3. 
to make very excited or nervous
verb intransitive
4. 
to work too hard or too long
noun
5. 
work that is severe or burdensome
6. 
work beyond the amount agreed upon; extra work

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Overworking

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v. o·ver·worked, o·ver·work·ing, o·ver·works
v.tr.
1. To force to work too hard or too long.
2.
a. To rework to excess: overwork a speech.
b. To use too often: "'Vulnerable' and 'volatile' were the most overworked adjectives of the '70s" (David Ansen).
3. To decorate the entire surface of.
v.intr.
To work too long or too hard.
n. (ōvər-wûrk′)
Excessive work.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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