overwork

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Infinitive
to overwork

Third person singular
overworks

Simple past
overworked

Past participle
overworked

Present participle
overworking

to overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked)

  1. (transitive) To make someone work too hard.
  2. (intransitive) To work too hard.

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Singular
overwork

Plural
uncountable

overwork (uncountable)

  1. excessive work
    • 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life
      Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
    • 1996, Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration
      When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.
    • 2003, Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked
      The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.

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