overtax
verb (used with object)
to tax too heavily.
has overtaxed
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present perfectof overtax (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The mandate for Disney’s studios “to support both the theatrical window and Disney+ has overtaxed their creative engine,” Creutz, the analyst, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
He has overtaxed his strength for years, and his nerves are bound to play up.
From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Elizabeth Earnshaw
I think that it is extreme weakness more than anything else; he has overtaxed his strength, and is worn-out with fatigue and starvation.
From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by H. M. (Henry Marriott) Paget
In her devotion to her mother my niece has overtaxed her strength, and her physical and mental depression is so great that our physician strongly recommends a year abroad.
From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Edward Payson Roe
They are not well, and I fear the pressure upon them during the past few weeks has overtaxed their strength.”
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by R. Rice Davies
