overwork
UK /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/ US /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/
verb 4noun 2
Definitions
verb
1
To make (someone or something) work too hard.
to overwork a horse
For some years locomotives and coaches have been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great.
2
To work too hard.
3
To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
My days with toil are overwrought.
4
To decorate all over.
noun
1
A superstructure.
2
Excessive work.
Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.
He says that more men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies. He maintains that overwork slew Pansay who died under his hands about three years ago.
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