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- Dictionaryoverwork/ˌəʊvəˈwəːk/
verb
- 1. cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength: "employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost" Similar
- 2. make excessive use of: "we aren't building new refineries so we have overworked our old ones"
noun
- 1. excessive work: "his health broke down under the strain of overwork"
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to (cause someone to) work too much: You look exhausted - I hope they're not overworking you. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Work, working and the workplace. act as something phrasal verb. all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom. assignment. bandh. be at work idiom. grind. hoop. hot-desking. hotelling. housekeeping.
The meaning of OVERWORK is to cause to work too hard, too long, or to exhaustion. How to use overwork in a sentence.
Overwork definition: to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively). See examples of OVERWORK used in a sentence.
Definition of overwork verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (also intr) to work or cause to work too hard or too long. 2. to use too much: to overwork an excuse. 3. (Art Terms) to decorate the surface of. 4. to work up. n. excessive or excessively tiring work. ˌoverˈworked adj.
If you overwork or if someone overworks you, you work too hard, and are likely to become very tired or ill.
To overwork someone is to force them to work much too hard. Before working hours were regulated in the 1930s, it was more common for bosses to overwork their employees.
