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Synonyms for overwork

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-wurk; noun oh-ver-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; noun ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrk

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Définition of overwork

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.
  • verb overdo
  • verb work too hard
Example sentences :
  • His master, who was naturally a kind man, did not overwork him.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • It's a heap onadvisable when addressin' us to overwork that word "barbarian."
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • It might have been illness, or it might have been anxiety, or it might have been overwork.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • He thought her case not very serious—the result, he said, of overwork.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Yes, I am a little oppressed just now with overwork, nor is this avoidable.
  • Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
  • He looked fifty, but this was partly the effect of overwork.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Play » by W. D. Howells
  • "I doubt if it is anything but overwork and fatigue," said the doctor.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • Wally was like a tonic to her during these days of overwork.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • At his books Robert did fairly well, but he was not likely to overwork himself.
  • Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson
  • He had been on short rations for three days and was weak from overwork.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

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