Overtax
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtæks/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To tax to an excessive degree.
- 2 tax excessively wordnet
- 3 To overburden.
"The overtaxed shaft snapped."
Example
More examples"Again, that lonely taper, how often is it the companion and sign of studies for which the day is too short—studies that steal the gloss from the sunny hair, and the light from the over-taxed eye!"
Etymology
From over- + tax.