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overwork

verb as in overdo

verb as in work too hard

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Example Sentences

Today’s work schedules, with their combination of “overwork and then no work,” in many ways mirror the conditions that preceded the reforms of the 1930s, Loomis said.

From Vox

Despite stress, depression, and overwork, women still want to work from home.

From Vox

One delivery driver recently set himself on fire to protest unpaid wages while at least one other collapsed and died from apparent overwork.

From Time

One employee claims he was fired for raising concerns about overwork.

From Time

This should cover everything from the furniture and equipment being used, to factors such as isolation, overwork and a failure to take proper breaks.

From Digiday

By then she had only three years to live, and was becoming frail from overwork.

Chronic starvation, overwork, disease, and freezing temperatures were as effective as the bullet, only slower and crueler.

Dickens died young, at 58, worn out from overwork, from the sheer strain of being himself.

This is a very dark frame of mind, consequent on overwork and the conclusion of the excruciating Ebb Tide.

Thyrsis came home beaten and crushed, worn out with overwork and worry, his heart black with rage and bitterness and despair.

It is much more probable that one of the bridges has broken through overwork.

Their lives are a lesson to a generation that fears intellectual overwork.

And we cannot all escape overwork however valiantly we fight our battle with non-essentials.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overwork, such as: exhaust, tire, weary, burn out, tire out, and wear out.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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