excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult
Word origin
[1720–30; over- + fatigue]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, catchword, personify, saloon, syllabicover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly
Examples of 'overfatigue' in a sentence
overfatigue
We developed ways to lower risks related to fatigue and overfatigue caused by shift work.
I.V. Bukhtiyarov, O.I. Yushkova, M.A. Fesenko, A.G. Merkulova 2018, 'Fatigue risk assessment for workers with neuro-enmotional labor', Analiz Riska Zdorovʹûhttp://journal.fcrisk.ru/eng/2018/1/8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)