Overworked

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Subjected to too much work..

Definitions by Sense

1. Subjected to too much work.
2. (figurative, of a word, phrase, etc.) Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.
3. simple past and past participle of overwork

Example Sentences

Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.

Miss Suu Kyi’s overworked advisers[…]argue that people have to be realistic about what can be achieved in a short time and on a slender budget.

The truth is that we are too overworked, under capitalism, to be deeply, collectively horny, too overworked even to realise that this is the case.

overworked, unaffecting cliches

[Tim Garton Ash] is what you might call—overworked phrase—a public intellectual.

Dare I say “Let it go” without images of an animated princess flashing before your eyes? If it was an overworked phrase before Frozen, it’s now hard to use the expression without a shudder.

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• more overworked
• most overworked

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