overwork
Example Sentences
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Orbit City is full of buttons, and overworked fingers are a running gag in the show.
He finished high school and became a poorly paid, overworked apprentice electrician.
From Los Angeles Times
"This suggests cells may be overworking early in the illness, which could lead to longer-term problems," Dr. Varela said.
From Science Daily
The book has ample scene-setting and multiple secondary plots, the biggest following the fortunes of Gita and her kind but overworked husband, Sachin, in the Michigan suburbs.
If you’re overworked, burned out or underpaid in an industry that has experienced a slowdown in hiring, you’ll likely be part of the latter group.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
