verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the act of working too much or too long wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overwork form-of, gerund, participle, present

   "Moreover, the problem was accentuated by the overworking of the assets of the railways in the second world war."

Synonyms

All synonyms

overworkoverwork

Example

More examples

"You may as well have a day off, because you have been overworking those days."

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