What does overwork mean?

Definitions for overwork
ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrkover·work

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overwork, overworkingverb

    the act of working too much or too long

    "he became ill from overwork"

  2. overworkverb

    use too much

    "This play has been overworked"

  3. overwork, exploitverb

    work excessively hard

    "he is exploiting the students"

Wikipedia

  1. Overwork

    Overwork is the expression used to define the cause of working too hard, too much, or too long. It can be also related to the act of working beyond one's strength or capacity, causing physical and/or mental distress in the process. Compulsory, mandatory, or forced overtime is usually defined as hours worked in excess of forty hours per week “that the employer makes compulsory with the threat of job loss or the threat of other reprisals such as demotion or assignment to unattractive tasks or work shifts." In 2016, 488 million people were exposed to long working hours (≥55 hours/week), and 745,194 deaths and 23.3 million DALYs were attributable to long working hours.

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  1. overwork

    Overwork refers to the state or condition of working to excess, either excessively long hours or at an excessively strenuous task. It is the situation where an individual works beyond their capacity or beyond what is considered healthy, often resulting in fatigue, stress or burnout.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overwork

    ō-vėr-wurk′, v.t. and v.i. to work overmuch or beyond the strength: to tire.—n. O′verwork, excess of work: excessive labour.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overwork in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overwork in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of overwork in a Sentence

  1. Hirokazu Ouchi:

    This is a way for companies to keep labor costs down, but it is also a path that leads to death by overwork.

  2. Paul DePompo:

    He’ll distract himself with porn, drinking, or will overwork himself, he may become hyper-focused on morals in order to minimize the importance of sex, exhibit jealousy or anger regarding other’s happiness, and will tell you his wife does not like sex.

  3. Paralympian Amy Purdy:

    I am going on day 4 in the hospital after developing a very serious condition called Rhabdomyolysis. You should google it and read about it, its crazy. It basically can occur when you overwork a muscle group and the muscle begins to breakdown into your blood stream. It can severely damage kidneys pretty quickly and as most of you know I have a kidney transplant which was a big concern.

  4. Rudyard Kipling:

    More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

  5. Charles H. Mayo:

    Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.

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