overwork
verb (used with object)
to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively).
will overwork
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future tenseof overwork.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Poor fellow! he has so much to do, and does so much, that I fear he will overwork himself.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 02 by Maria Edgeworth
But many farmers about here will overwork and underfeed all the week, and on Sunday talk about being 'merciful to their beasts.'
From Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe
She will overwork you, I'm afraid: I only hope she won't underfeed you.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
If you don’t go insane—and I don’t believe you will—I am sure you will overwork and be ill.”
From The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended by Grace Brooks Hill
Many spirits will overwork the medium, and the latter not knowing enough to protect himself will often suffer by reason thereof.
From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by William Walker Atkinson
