Associations to the word «Overwork»

Wiktionary

OVERWORK, verb. (transitive) To make (someone) work too hard.
OVERWORK, verb. (intransitive) To work too hard.
OVERWORK, verb. To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.
OVERWORK, verb. To decorate all over.
OVERWORK, noun. A superstructure
OVERWORK, noun. Excessive work; overtime

Dictionary definition

OVERWORK, noun. The act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork".
OVERWORK, verb. Use too much; "This play has been overworked".
OVERWORK, verb. Work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne