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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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Noun1.overworking - the act of working too much or too longoverworking - the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"
overwork
toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"
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