Antonyms for overworked

Grammar : Adj

Spell : verb oh-ver-wurk; noun oh-ver-wurk

Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; noun ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrk

Definition of overworked

Origin : "to cause to work too hard," 1520s, from over- + work (v.). Old English oferwyrcan meant "to work all over," i.e. "to decorate the whole surface of." Related: Overworked; overworking.

adj worn out

Example sentences :

She shared in the fun, and for the first time since her mother died was not overworked.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

No doubt it has been overworked by enthusiastic believers in its efficiency.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

But if I'd overworked myself in it, I should tear myself away.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

Women who are so overworked that they have no time to think of it.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

I began to fear he had overworked himself into a brain fever.
Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome

A poor little shabby, overworked thing, all eyes, and too big a forehead.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

What if he overworked himself as he had done once a few years ago?
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

To expect help from his father, overworked and burdened with debt, was impossible.
Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland

Fetchke, as a result, was overworked, and fell ill of a fever.
Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin

Lyell in his letter remarked that you seemed to him as if you were overworked.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin

Synonyms for overworked

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