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Overwork (Verb)

Meaning 1

Work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • She tends to overwork herself during peak seasons, which often leads to burnout and health issues.
  • Avoid assigning too many tasks as it can cause the employees to overwork and decrease productivity in the long term.
  • Her manager encourages her to overwork to meet targets, disregarding her well-being and personal life.
  • Their working pattern forces the interns to overwork, as the payment does not justify the scope of the tasks assigned.
  • If not regulated properly, the demanding expectations can cause new recruits to overwork excessively.

Synonyms

  • Exploit

Hypernyms

  • Put To Work

Related Words

  • Overwork (noun)
  • Overworking (noun)

Meaning 2

Use too much; "This play has been overworked".

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • The idea has been overworked in too many recent films and has started to lose its original impact.
  • The script suffered from poor pacing and a plot that had been overworked to the point of predictability.
  • This play has been overworked to such an extent that it now lacks freshness and spontaneity.
  • The once-novel concept has been overworked and rehashed in every imaginable variation.
  • After being overworked and rehearsed countless times, the joke has lost its charm.

Hypernyms

  • Process
  • Work On
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