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- adjective Being subjected to too much
work
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Examples
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She was consequently, in plain English, overworked, and an overworked woman is always a sad sight, -- sadder a great deal than an overworked man, because she is so much more fertile in capacities of suffering than a man.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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She was consequently, in plain English, overworked, and an overworked woman is always a sad sight, -- sadder a great deal than an overworked man, because she is so much more fertile in capacities of suffering than a man.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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She was consequently, in plain English, overworked, and an overworked woman is always a sad sight, -- sadder a great deal than an overworked man, because she is so much more fertile in capacities of suffering than a man.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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At times they may be a little overworked, which is why Ingrid can become the teen sleuth, but they clearly like and love their daughter.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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At times they may be a little overworked, which is why Ingrid can become the teen sleuth, but they clearly like and love their daughter.
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I am overworked, that is all; and as my life of privation does not permit me to repair my forces, I have become anaemic; it is not serious.
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In the first of the evening they had been obliged to tell the fiddler the names of the dancers, but now he knows them all and throws off his flattering personalities and his overworked rhymes with an impartial rotation and unflagging ardor.
The Cavalier George Washington Cable 1884
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I am overworked, that is all; and as my life of privation does not permit me to repair my forces, I have become anaemic; it is not serious.
Conscience — Complete Hector Malot 1868
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Guards is below commando, above infantry aka overworked infantry, underpaid commandos
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The force's media team is understood to be about 10-strong, with a source conceding that they have been "overworked" by incessant media interest.
Joanna Yeates: 'reality TV' policing and press excess hamper hunt for killer 2011
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