overworkedadjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈwɜːkt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɝːkt/C1 having to work too much:
an overworked civil servant
I'm overworked and underpaid.
used to describe language that has been used too much and has lost its meaning:
The article was full of overworked expressions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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