Overtax

//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtæks// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To tax to an excessive degree.
  2. 2
    tax excessively wordnet
  3. 3
    To overburden.

    "The overtaxed shaft snapped."

Synonyms

All synonyms
bear hard uponbleedbleed whiteburdenburthenbusy

Example

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"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.

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