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		overwork1 verboverwork2 noun overworko‧ver‧work1 /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk/ verb [intransitive, transitive]    VERB TABLEoverwork |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | overwork |   | he, she, it | overworks |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overworked |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overworked |   | he, she, it | has overworked |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overworked |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overwork |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overworked |  
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 | Present | I | am overworking |   | he, she, it | is overworking |   | you, we, they | are overworking |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was overworking |   | you, we, they | were overworking |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overworking |   | he, she, it | has been overworking |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overworking |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overworking |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overworking |  
    - The company has been overworking its employees to try to keep up with demand.
 
 - Normally bubbly and animated, she had seemed tired and overworked.
 - She had a special driver, who unlike some, cared for his horse and never overworked her.
 - So she seemed to be doing alright, she seemed a little bit overworked.
 - The overworked doctors learned to stop for a few minutes and nap, heads down on desks or tables.
 - The young, the bold, the lowly paid and overworked, acknowledged him as their spiritual leader.
 
   ► overworked and underpaid  Teachers are overworked and underpaid.   to work too much or to make someone work too much:   You’ve been overworking – why don’t you take a week off?  Have they been overworking you again? |