Synonyms:
overwork, overworking
Meaning: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
overwork
Meaning: use too much; "This play has been overworked"
Usage examples
"A prominent politician--ahem!--suffering from overwork." He glanced at the breakfast and seated himself.
But on the other hand they might take it too lightly, as the result of overwork, or perhaps of the use of some narcotic.
Shall we go on indefinitely driving the now healthy mother of two children into the hands of the abortionist, where she goes in preference to constant ill health, overwork and the witnessing of dying and starving babies?
He several times talks of giving up philosophy altogether; and though he never really does it, and perhaps the feeling is one only born of some temporary overwork, yet he does not sacrifice everything else to it as he surely must had he been conscious of his own greatness. No; self-consciousness was the last thing that affected him.