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Antonyms for overworked


Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb oh-ver-wurk; noun oh-ver-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; noun ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrk



Definition of overworked

Origin :
  • "to cause to work too hard," 1520s, from over- + work (v.). Old English oferwyrcan meant "to work all over," i.e. "to decorate the whole surface of." Related: Overworked; overworking.
  • adj worn out
Example sentences :
  • She shared in the fun, and for the first time since her mother died was not overworked.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • No doubt it has been overworked by enthusiastic believers in its efficiency.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • But if I'd overworked myself in it, I should tear myself away.
  • Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
  • Women who are so overworked that they have no time to think of it.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • I began to fear he had overworked himself into a brain fever.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • A poor little shabby, overworked thing, all eyes, and too big a forehead.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • What if he overworked himself as he had done once a few years ago?
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • To expect help from his father, overworked and burdened with debt, was impossible.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • Fetchke, as a result, was overworked, and fell ill of a fever.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • Lyell in his letter remarked that you seemed to him as if you were overworked.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin

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