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overwork1 verboverwork2 noun overworko‧ver‧work1 /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk $ ˌoʊvərˈwɜːrk/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  VERB TABLEoverwork |
Present | I, you, we, they | overwork | | he, she, it | overworks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overworked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overworked | | he, she, it | has overworked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overworked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overwork | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overworked |
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Present | I | am overworking | | he, she, it | is overworking | | you, we, they | are overworking | Past | I, he, she, it | was overworking | | you, we, they | were overworking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overworking | | he, she, it | has been overworking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overworking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overworking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overworking |
- The company has been overworking its employees to try to keep up with demand.
- Normally bubbly and animated, she had seemed tired and overworked.
- She had a special driver, who unlike some, cared for his horse and never overworked her.
- So she seemed to be doing alright, she seemed a little bit overworked.
- The overworked doctors learned to stop for a few minutes and nap, heads down on desks or tables.
- The young, the bold, the lowly paid and overworked, acknowledged him as their spiritual leader.
► overworked and underpaid Teachers are overworked and underpaid. to work too much or to make someone work too much: You’ve been overworking – why don’t you take a week off? Have they been overworking you again? |