🏃 Too much activity 🏃 To exercise too much 🗝️ To use power too much

overexercise

4.1

Too much physical activity that causes harm to the body

noun
/ˌoʊvərˈɛksərsaɪz/

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It is important to recognize the signs of overexercise to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Examples

You may have an inadvertent constitutional violation by the overexercise of international jurisdiction.

Academic text (1998)
After overeating, the sufferer will intentionally vomit, take laxatives, or overexercise.

Academic text (2015)
I have a history of an eating disorder (binge-purge by overexercise, pre-paleo).

Blog text (20)
Overexercise can lead to serious injuries and negatively impact your health.
Many athletes experience negative effects from overexercise, such as fatigue and stress fractures.

Synonyms

overtraining

vsoverexercise

Specialized

1 5.4

Doing too much exercise without enough rest that makes you tired and weak

is repeated frequent activity that mainly risks general negative health effects

overexertion

vsoverexercise

1 6.5

Doing too much physical or mental work that causes harm

is frequent physical activity that may harm health rather than single effort

overstrain

vsoverexercise

6.7

Too much physical and mental effort that causes damage or tiredness

is too frequent physical activity that primarily risks overall health problems

Antonyms

to rest

816 1.0

To stop activity to relax or sleep and get energy back

How Excessive

overexercise

4.1

exercise

142 1.0

low-impact workout

3.6

Surface Forms

overexercise singular

overexercises plural

Morphology

overexercise = exercise (transparent) = over + exercise

The noun is directly formed from 'over-' (excess) + 'exercise' (physical activity), so learners can infer 'too much exercise'.

Etymology

Overexercise comes from over- meaning 'too much' and exercise meaning 'to work out' or 'use your body'. It names doing too much physical activity so your body becomes tired or hurt.