Overlaboured

//əʊvəˈleɪbəd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of overlabour form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Overworked, exhausted.

    "Oh, Hesperus! thou bringest all good things— / Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, / To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, / The welcome stall to the o’erlaboured steer [...]."

  2. 2
    Laboured, over-elaborate.

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forwork

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"Oh, Hesperus! thou bringest all good things— / Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, / To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, / The welcome stall to the o’erlaboured steer [...]."

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