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overworked

verb

Meaning

  1. To make (someone) work too hard.
  2. To work too hard.
  3. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
  4. To decorate all over.
  5. Subjected to too much work.
  6. (of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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