overworked
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˌoʊvərˈwɜrkt/
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manido
- Take a breath and try not to give the rest of us a bad name by huffing overworked clichés.
Examples
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In our high-stress society, our body's stress response is overworked so often that our bodies have a hard time returning to normal.
Blog text (29) -
"The land has been overworked to satisfy all these demands, which steadily increase as the years pass." 3
Blog text (34) -
God bless your overworked heart.
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To use an overworked phrase, this bill is--
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You've heard of the overworked court system?
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We have only been able to grow in our Catholic understanding by reining in our overworked imaginations.
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Drought and an overworked ecosystem have always contributed to a dramatic decrease in the biological potential of our planet's regions.
Academic text (1996) -
The work is original and produced by a smaller and greatly overworked crew, and Pascal's remark, "I have made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter," really does apply.
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With our vision impaired enough to create the illusion of intimacy and our vaunted technology no longer at our overworked fingertips, we are gifted with a taste of a potentially different culture.
Blog text (29) -
The critics said the film was good, but the plot had become overworked and predictable.
Synonyms
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4.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it feels boring
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6.7
Very tired or no longer interesting because people use it too much
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7.6
No longer original or interesting because people use it so often
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4.6
A phrase or idea used so often that it is no longer interesting
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7.9
Not interesting because people use it too often
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6.4
An idea or phrase used so often that it is no longer interesting
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5.4
Not new because people use it too often and it is easy to guess
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7.4
Used so often it feels like a boring idea
Used so much that it looks old or no longer works well
A person who is very tired and needs rest after hard work
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overworked comes from the parts over- meaning 'too much' and work, so it can describe an idea or image that has been worked on so much that it feels boring and weak.