to overtax

Examples

• All

• I didn't want to overtax you.

  Mimic (1997)

• Better, the United Nations might avoid engaging in too many peacekeeping missions that involve multiple actor conflicts so as not to overtax its resources.

  Academic text (1998)

• We are concerned that if we overtax the system, the system could come down.

  Blog text (13)

• But do not overtax my good nature.

  Fiction book (1999)

• And if you overtax people, they disappear.

• According to Rivas, some people did start overtaxing their household systems.

  Academic text (2006)

• Students with working memory deficits may need arithmetic problems restructured so as not to overtax their ability to simultaneously process the essential elements.

  Academic text (2005)

• You'll overtax your strength.

  Mark of the Vampire (1935)

• And so therefore, if we're locking people up for decades, we're filling up our prisons where there it's expensive, it's overtaxing the system.

• If you work too hard, you might overtax your body and become exhausted.

Synonyms

O

to overwhelm

vsto overtax

88 3.9

Give someone too much work or problems so they cannot cope

creates excessive strain that reduces ability to cope

T

to tax

vsto overtax

65 5.8

To make someone use a lot of energy or patience

means applying harmful strain that makes coping difficult

O

to overwork

vsto overtax

15 4.1

To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill

stresses by demand or strain beyond coping, not only long work hours

O

to overburden

vsto overtax

12 5.9

To give someone too much work or responsibility

applies pressure by demand or strain, not only by tasks

O

to overstress

vsto overtax

1 4.4

To put too much strain on the body or mind

puts excessive general demand that makes coping difficult

Antonyms

R

to relieve

166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

How Stressed

to overwhelm

88 3.9

to overwork

15 4.1

to overtax

2 5.6

to ask

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology