overwork

English

Etymology 1

over- + work (verb)

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ō'və-wûkʹ, IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/, X-SAMPA: /%@Uv@"w3:k/
• (US) enPR: ō'vər-wûrkʹ, IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈwɝk/, X-SAMPA: /%oUv@`"w3`k/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Verb

overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or overwrought)

1. (transitive) To make (someone) work too hard.
2. (intransitive) To work too hard.

Translations

to work too hard

• Czech: přepracovat se
• German: sich überarbeiten (de)

• Polish: przepracowywać się

Etymology 2

over- + work (noun)

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ōʹvə-wûk', IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌwɜːk/, X-SAMPA: /"@Uv@%w3:k/
• (US) enPR: ōʹvər-wûrk', IPA: /ˈoʊvɚˌwɝk/, X-SAMPA: /"oUv@`%w3`k/

Noun

overwork (uncountable)

1. excessive work
   • 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life

     Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.

   • 1996, Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration

     When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.

   • 2003, Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked

     The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.

Translations

excessive work

• Polish: przepracowanie n

See also

• overtime

External links

• overwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• overwork in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• work over