overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
has overworked
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present perfectof overwork (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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And lawsuits filed against his companies - backed up by federal trucking and labor records - present a picture of a boss who has overworked and underpaid employees.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2018
And lawsuits filed against his companies — backed up by federal trucking and labor records — present a picture of a boss who has overworked and underpaid employees.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2018
Or is he more tweaky precisely because he has overworked himself, pushing his body in the gym and on the golf course with constant, torqueing, insecure swing experiments?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2014
A splendid constitution, a noble frame; but I think she has overworked her brain a little, reading Huxley and Darwin, and the German physiologists upon whom Huxley and Darwin have built themselves.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Doctor Stacey says Mr. Parkney has overworked himself and must go slow for a year.
From Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Howard L. (Howard Livingston) Hastings
