overworked

overworked

English

Etymology

over- +‎ worked

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kt

Adjective

overworked (comparative more overworked, superlative most overworked)

1. Subjected to too much work.

   Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.

   • 2013 October 19, “Preparing for success”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8858:

     Miss Suu Kyi’s overworked advisers […] argue that people have to be realistic about what can be achieved in a short time and on a slender budget.

2. (of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.

   overworked, unaffecting cliches

Translations

subjected to too much work

Czech: přepracovaný m French: débordé (fr), surmené (fr) German: überarbeitet (de) Polish: przepracowany Swedish: överansträngd (sv), utarbetad (sv)

Verb

overworked

1. simple past tense and past participle of overwork

Anagrams

• worked over