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# overwork

verb (overwork, overworks, overworked, overworking); noun (overwork, uncountable)

«overwork» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. verb: To work too hard or too long, or to make someone do so. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#m1)
2. noun: Too much work that makes someone tired or ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#m2)
3. (overworked, adjective) Tired from too much work; also a word or phrase that is used so often it is boring ("an overworked word"). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and life lessons, overwork is a cause of tiredness and stress; people need rest. In history, children and workers in factories were overworked. In writing lessons, teachers call "nice" and "said" overworked words and ask for better ones.

### Examples

- The doctor said she was ill from overwork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x1)
- Don't overwork the horse; it needs a rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x2)
- Factory children in the 1800s were badly overworked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x3)
- "Nice" is an overworked word; try "kind" or "lovely". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x4)
- Dad overworks before holidays and then falls asleep on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x5)
- Overworking your muscles can cause injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x6)
- I am so overworked, and I don’t see why I should not have a page as well as other ladies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. The noun is uncountable: "from overwork", not "an overwork". In maths problems, overwork can mean hours above the normal: 50 hours instead of 40 is 10 hours extra.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overwork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overwork/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overwork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overwork.html) on Mova free.