overworked

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ worked.

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Adjective

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overworked (comparative more overworked, superlative most overworked)

  1. Subjected to too much work.
    Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.
    • 2013 October 19, “Preparing for success”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:
      Miss Suu Kyi’s overworked advisers [] argue that people have to be realistic about what can be achieved in a short time and on a slender budget.
  2. Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal. (of a word, phrase, etc.)
    overworked, unaffecting cliches

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Verb

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overworked

  1. simple past and past participle of overwork

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