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o·ver·work

 (ō′vər-wûrk′)
v. o·ver·worked, o·ver·work·ing, o·ver·works
v.tr.
1. To force to work too hard or too long.
2.
a. To rework to excess: overwork a speech.
b. To use too often: "'Vulnerable' and 'volatile' were the most overworked adjectives of the '70s" (David Ansen).
3. To decorate the entire surface of.
v.intr.
To work too long or too hard.
n. (ō′vər-wûrk′)
Excessive work.
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overworked

adjective
1. exhausted, stressed (out), fatigued, overloaded, overburdened, overtaxed an overworked doctor
2. hackneyed, common, stock, tired, stereotyped, played out (informal), commonplace, worn-out, stale, banal, run-of-the-mill, threadbare, trite, clichéd, unoriginal, timeworn `Unique' is one of the most overworked words in advertising.
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overworked

adjective
Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:
banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out.
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Translations
مُجْهَد، مُرهَق
přepracovaný
agyondolgoztatott
sem ofgerir sér/ofkeyrir sig
prepracovaný
çok çalıştırılmış

overworked

[ˌəʊvəˈwɜːkt] ADJ we're overworked → tenemos demasiado trabajo, nos hacen trabajar demasiado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

overworked

[ˌəʊvərˈwɜːrkt] adj
[person] → surmené(e)
We're overworked and underpaid → Nous sommes surmenés et sous-payés.
[word, phrase] → galvaudé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

overwork

(əuvəˈwəːk) noun
the act of working too hard. It's overwork that made him ill.
ˌoverˈworked adjective
made to work too hard. His staff are overworked.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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