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Overwork   /ˌoʊvərwˈərk/   Listen
Overwork

verb
(past & past part. overworked or overwrought; pres. part. overworking)
1.
Use too much.
2.
Work excessively hard.  Synonym: exploit.
noun
1.
The act of working too much or too long.  Synonym: overworking.



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"Overwork" Quotes from Famous Books



... Leipsic in 1847. In September, while listening to his own recently composed "Nacht Lied" he swooned away. His system, weakened by overwork, succumbed, nervous prostration followed, and on November 4 he died. Sudden death had carried off his grandfather, father, mother and favorite sister; and he had a presentiment that his end would come about in the same way. ...
— The Loves of Great Composers • Gustav Kobb

... strike on the New York Central during my administration, and that one occurred while I was absent in Europe. Its origin and sequel were somewhat dramatic. I had nearly broken down by overwork, and the directors advised me to take an absolute ...
— My Memories of Eighty Years • Chauncey M. Depew

... titillatingly voluptuous, that a woman would no longer consent to dwell in the cold regions of domestic life; and he declared this marital abomination to be a great felony, because the least thing a man could do in recognition of the virtuous life of a good woman and her great merits, was to overwork himself, to exert, to exterminate himself, to please her in every way, with fondlings and kissings and wrestlings, and all the delicacies and sweet confectionery of love; and that, if she would taste ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 2 • Honore de Balzac

... me, does a week pass in which you do not read in the papers of a case of aphasia—of some man lost, wandering nameless, with his past and his identity blotted out—and all from that little brain clot made by overwork ...
— Strictly Business • O. Henry

... societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and they have done good service. Good service not only to the horses and cows, but to the nobler animal, man. I believe that in saying to a cruel man, 'You shall not overwork, torture, mutilate, nor kill your animal, or neglect to provide it with proper food and shelter,' we are making him a little nearer the kingdom of heaven than he was before. For 'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.' If he sows seeds ...
— Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography of a Dog • by Marshall Saunders


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