Overworked

Synonyms for "overworked" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

arabesque baroque busy chichi commonplace elaborate elegant fancy

Verb(5 words)

burdenedburn outcliched exhaust exhausted

Strong matches (18)

Verb(2 words)

fatigued hackneyed

fine flamboyant florid flowery frilly fussy hack hackneyed high-wrought labored laborious luxuriant luxurious melodramatic moresque

Noun(1 words)

more stretched

Related words (30)

ornate ostentatious overelaborate overelegant overlabored overwrought picturesque platitudinous pretty-pretty rich rococo shopworn stereotyped threadbare trite truistic

Verb(13 words)

overburden overburdenedoverexert oneselfoverloaded overstress overtax overuse overutilizeoverwork oneselfslaved stressed tired trite

Adjective(1 words)

overbusy

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

descriptor labor modifier operation use utilization work

More specific

13 entries

clichéd phrasinghackneyed metaphoroverburdened overdrive overexert overexertion overextended overload overstrain overstrained overstretched strain stressed

Collocations

10 entries

overwork a scheduleoverwork machineryoverwork resourcesoverwork staffoverwork workloadoverworked hoursoverworked scheduleoverworked staffoverworked studentsoverworked workforce

Inflections

4 entries

more overworkedmost overworkedoverworking overworks

Derivations

3 entries

overwork overworking overworks

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You're overworked.

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You are overworked.

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He worked day and night and overworked himself.

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I'm so overworked.

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