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overlabour.

Excessive labour.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/
  1. Excessive labour.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From over- + labour (noun).

verb/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/
  1. To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.

    transitive
    overlabor the employees
  2. To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.

    transitive
    overlabor ornaments
  3. To belabour or emphasise excessively.

    overlabor the point
    I don't want to overlabour what is obvious here.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English over-labouren, equivalent to over- + labour (verb).

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