Overwork — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of working too much or too long

use too much

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚwˈɜːk/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvəwˈɜːk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvəwˈɜːk/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚwˈɜːk/.

Examples

he became ill from overwork
This play has been overworked
he is exploiting the students

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

overworking exploit

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of working too much or too long “he became ill from overwork”
verb	use too much “This play has been overworked”
verb	work excessively hard “he is exploiting the students”

Word Forms

overwork	verb	work excessively hard
overwork	noun	the act of working too much or too long
overworking	noun	the act of working too much or too long
exploitive	adjective	tending to exploit or make use of
exploitative	adjective	tending to exploit or make use of
exploitatory	adjective	tending to exploit or make use of
exploitation	noun	the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Überarbeitung

der Akt, zu viel oder zu lange zu arbeiten

🇫🇷French

surmenage

le fait de travailler trop ou trop longtemps

🇪🇸Spanish

trabajo excesivo

el acto de trabajar demasiado o demasiado tiempo

🇮🇹Italian

superlavoro

l'atto di lavorare troppo o troppo a lungo

🇳🇱Dutch

overwerk

de handeling van te veel of te lang werken

🇵🇹Portuguese

excesso de trabalho

o ato de trabalhar muito ou por muito tempo

🇷🇺Russian

переутомление

слишком много или слишком долго работать

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अधिक काम

बहुत अधिक या बहुत देर तक काम करने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অতিরিক্ত কাজ

খুব বেশি বা খুব দীর্ঘ কাজ করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

அதிக வேலை

அதிகமாக அல்லது அதிக நேரம் வேலை செய்யும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

అధిక పని

చాలా ఎక్కువ లేదా ఎక్కువసేపు పని చేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

जास्त काम

खूप जास्त किंवा खूप लांब काम करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

વધારે કામ

ખૂબ અથવા ખૂબ લાંબુ કામ કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತಿಯಾದ ಕೆಲಸ

ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಅಥವಾ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸಮಯ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമിത ജോലി

വളരെയധികം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വളരെ നേരം ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕੰਮ

ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਲੰਮਾ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

زیادہ کام

بہت زیادہ یا بہت لمبا کام کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过度劳累

工作时间过多或时间过长的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

過労

働きすぎたり、長時間働きすぎたりする行為

🇰🇷Korean

지나치게 일하다

너무 많이 또는 너무 오랫동안 일하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm việc quá sức

hành động làm việc quá nhiều hoặc quá lâu

🇹🇭Thai

ทำงานหนักเกินไป

การทำงานมากเกินไปหรือนานเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

terlalu banyak pekerjaan

tindakan bekerja terlalu banyak atau terlalu lama

🇵🇭Filipino

sobrang trabaho

ang pagkilos ng labis na pagtatrabaho o masyadong mahaba

🇲🇾Malay

terlalu banyak kerja

perbuatan bekerja terlalu banyak atau terlalu lama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إرهاق

فعل العمل أكثر من اللازم أو لفترة طويلة جدا

🇮🇷Persian

کار زیاد

عمل زیاد یا طولانی کار کردن

🇹🇷Turkish

fazla çalışma

çok fazla veya çok uzun süre çalışma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

לַעֲבוֹד יֶתֶר עַל הַמִידָה

הפעולה של עבודה יותר מדי או יותר מדי זמן

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The primary meaning of 'overwork' is 'the act of working too much or too long'.

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