overworked
adjective
[ əʊvəˈwəːkt ]
• (of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength.
• "overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge"
• used to excess.
• "the strain of overworked muscles"
overwork
verb
• cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.
• "employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost"
Similar:
exploit,
drive (too hard),
drive into the ground,
tax,
overtax,
sweat,
overburden,
put upon,
impose on,
oppress,
be a slave driver,
be a hard taskmaster,
stressed,
under stress,
stressed out,
stress-ridden,
strained,
overtaxed,
overburdened,
overloaded,
exhausted,
fatigued,
worn out,
• make excessive use of.
• "we aren't building new refineries so we have overworked our old ones"
