overworked.
Subjected to too much work.
Meaning & usage
Subjected to too much work.
Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.
Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.
overworked, unaffecting cliches
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English worked English overworked From over- + worked.
simple past and past participle of overwork
Where this word comes from
From overwork + -ed.
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