overworked

Example Sentences

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These unnecessary preventative measures aren’t just a nuisance for the consumer; they’re a hassle for the overworked, underpaid employee who spends their shift telling customers, “No, we don’t have more of that in the back.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

The union representing crew members working on the live-action YouTube series said the workers are being overworked and that the production is understaffed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Across the United States, major airports have been inundated by flight disruptions, security lines spilling out of terminals, air traffic control outages, and overworked and understaffed employees struggling to keep it all running.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

They certainly have a great deal to do and are all overworked day after day.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque