overwork
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4.6
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈwɜrk/
:
exceso de trabajo
- I can only imagine this unfortunate behavior is the result of overwork.
- stress and overwork
- overwork and starvation
Karoshi is Japanese for death at the desk or death from overwork.
- Karoshi is Japanese for death at the desk or death from overwork.
- See, I have this trouble where I can't distinguish between laziness and overwork.
- Gaelic actually tells himself that all these people are being purified when really they're just dying of poisoning and overwork and malnutrition.
- But those breaks are absolutely key and it's not encouraged so much in academic or tech or maybe anything now I hear about so much stress and overwork.
- But I think since the industrial revolution, I mean, that was a big burst of human overwork.
- And in in some cases, I think overwork is a sign of under faith is the going.
Examples
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Your Honor, my client is suffering from a nervous breakdown brought on by overwork and worry and aggravated by his misunderstanding with the plaintiff.
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In the spring of 1940, workers in Germany's armament industries were beginning to collapse from overwork and underfeeding.
Blog text (13) -
It's just from work, from overwork.
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The poor dear is tired from overwork.
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- A victim of overwork.
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With so many people dying from overwork, I thought we should do our part to stay healthy.
Fiction book (1996) -
The overwork of wartime, combined with the unemployment after the war, had exhausted his bodily strength.
Fiction book (2002) -
As early as 1909, when he was in his mid-forties, Royce's habitual overwork led to serious concerns about his health.
Academic text (1997) -
The President of the Connecticut State Medical Society claimed that one-third of children in primary schools "suffer seriously from overwork in their studies; then become nervous and irritable at home, lose their appetites, and run down generally during term time.
Academic text (2014) -
She decided to take a break after suffering from overwork and exhaustion.
Synonyms
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4.4
Too much work or information that makes you feel stressed
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6.5
Doing too much physical or mental work that causes harm
Working too much for a long time that makes you very tired
Too much physical and mental effort that causes damage or tiredness
Giving someone too much work or pressure so they become very tired
Antonyms
How Busy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overwork comes from the parts over- 'too much' and work 'work', so it literally means doing 'too much work' and can lead to physical or mental harm.