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单词 overworked
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overworked

What I am pointing out is that they're human, grossly overworked, and unfortunately judged by results.

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overworked

British English: overworked ADJECTIVE
If you describe a word, expression, or idea as overworked, you mean it has been used so often that it no longer has much effect or meaning.
Ecological' has become one of the most overworked adjectives among manufacturers of garden supplies.
  • American English: overworked
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desgastado
  • Chinese: 滥用的
  • European Spanish: agotado
  • French: surmené
  • German: übermäßig gebraucht
  • Italian: inflazionato
  • Japanese: 使われすぎている
  • Korean: 식상한
  • European Portuguese: desgasto
  • Latin American Spanish: agotado

Chinese translation of 'overworked'

overworked

(əuvəˈwəːkt)

adj

  1. [person] 过(過)度劳(勞)累的 (guòdù láolèi de)
  2. [word, expression] 使用过(過)滥(濫)的 (shǐyòng guòlàn de)

overwork

(əuvəˈwəːk)

n (u)

  1. 过(過)分劳(勞)累 (guòfèn láoleì)

vt

  1. [person] 使工作过(過)度 (shǐ gōngzuò guòdù)

vi

  1. 工作过(過)度 (gōngzuò guòdù)
(adjective) 
an overworked doctor
Synonyms
exhausted
She was too exhausted even to think clearly.
stressed (out)
fatigued
How long have you been feeling fatigued?
overloaded
overburdened
overtaxed
(adjective) 
`Unique' is one of the most overworked words in advertising.
Synonyms
hackneyed
That's the old hackneyed phrase, but it's true.
common
Earthquakes are fairly common in this part of the world.
stock
National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
tired
I didn't want to hear one of his tired excuses.
stereotyped
Listeners seem to have stereotyped ideas.
played out (informal)
commonplace
The practice was virtually unheard of twenty years ago, but has now become commonplace.
worn-out
stale
repeating stale jokes to kill the time
banal
The text is banal.
run-of-the-mill
I was a run-of-the-mill kind of student.
threadbare
the government's threadbare domestic policies
trite
The movie is teeming with trite and obvious ideas.
clichéd
unoriginal
timeworn
In the dim light the equipment looked old and time-worn.
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Nearby words of
overworked

  • overwhelm
  • overwhelming
  • overwork
  • overworked
  • overwrought
  • owe
  • owing

Related terms of
overworked

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Synonyms of 'overworked'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of fatigued
How long have you been feeling fatigued?
Synonyms
tired,
exhausted,
weary,
tired out,
bushed (informal),
wasted,
all in (slang),
fagged (out) (informal),
whacked (British, informal),
jaded,
knackered (slang),
clapped out (Australian, New Zealand, informal),
overtired,
zonked (slang),
dead beat (informal),
jiggered (informal),
on your last legs,
creamcrackered (British, informal)
in the sense of run-of-the-mill
Definition
ordinary or average
I was a run-of-the-mill kind of student.
Synonyms
ordinary,
middling,
average,
fair,
modest,
commonplace,
common,
vanilla (informal),
mediocre,
banal,
tolerable (informal),
passable,
undistinguished,
unimpressive,
unexciting,
unexceptional,
bog-standard (British, Irish, slang),
no great shakes (informal),
dime-a-dozen (informal)
in the sense of stale
Definition
uninteresting from having been done or seen too many times
repeating stale jokes to kill the time
Synonyms
unoriginal,
banal,
trite,
common,
flat,
stereotyped,
commonplace,
worn-out,
antiquated,
threadbare,
old hat,
insipid,
hackneyed,
overused,
repetitious,
platitudinous,
cliché-ridden
in the sense of stereotyped
Listeners seem to have stereotyped ideas.
Synonyms
unoriginal,
stock,
standard,
tired,
conventional,
played out,
stale,
banal,
standardized,
mass-produced,
corny (slang),
threadbare,
trite,
hackneyed,
overused,
platitudinous,
cliché-ridden
in the sense of stock
Definition
being a cliché
National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
Synonyms
hackneyed,
standard,
usual,
set,
routine,
stereotyped,
staple,
commonplace,
worn-out,
banal,
run-of-the-mill,
trite,
overused
in the sense of threadbare
Definition
having been used or expressed so often as to be no longer interesting
the government's threadbare domestic policies
Synonyms
hackneyed,
common,
tired,
stale,
corny (slang),
stock,
familiar,
conventional,
stereotyped,
commonplace,
well-worn,
trite,
clichéd,
overused,
cliché-ridden
in the sense of timeworn
Definition
having been used so often as to be no longer interesting
In the dim light the equipment looked old and time-worn.
Synonyms
hackneyed,
stock,
tired,
ancient,
dated,
stale,
out of date,
well-worn,
threadbare,
trite,
passé,
clichéd,
old hat,
hoary,
outworn
in the sense of tired
Definition
having been used so often as to be no longer interesting
I didn't want to hear one of his tired excuses.
Synonyms
hackneyed,
stale,
well-worn,
old,
stock,
familiar,
conventional,
corny (slang),
threadbare,
trite,
clichéd,
outworn
in the sense of trite
Definition
(of a remark or idea) commonplace and unoriginal
The movie is teeming with trite and obvious ideas.
Synonyms
unoriginal,
worn,
common,
stock,
ordinary,
tired,
routine,
dull,
stereotyped,
hack,
pedestrian,
commonplace,
stale,
banal,
corny (slang),
run-of-the-mill,
threadbare,
clichéd,
uninspired,
hackneyed,
bromidic
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