OVERWORK Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

overwork

verb

Definition of overwork

as in to overdo

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as in to exert

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Recent Examples of overwork Try not to overwork the paint by going over the same areas on the same pass. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 6 July 2026 Gripping something too hard can overwork your forearm muscles as well. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Teachers, nurses and doctors across the country regularly sound alarms about being overworked and underfunded, and many end up leaving their public jobs in frustration at impossible conditions. — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026 Plenty of gossip also leaked out from behind the scenes — rumors that the actors were overworked, and that Levinson’s constant and last-minute script changes cost time and money and drove some of them to the verge of quitting. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for overwork

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Don’t get too warm, though Although staying warm is essential — things like fingers don’t work as efficiently when chilled — don’t overdo it.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
One of her concerns is layering products, which can easily lead to overdoing it on the actives.

— Korin Miller, Allure, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of overdo

Verb

Hilton doesn’t engage in voter fraud allegations Federal authorities this week charged 28 people in California with illegally registering and casting ballots as part of a broader fight to exert more control over elections, which are run by states.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Bond yields in France, for example, ticked up to their highest levels since 2002 on Wednesday, exerting more pressure on government budgets.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of exert

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There are a handful of very effective jump scares, especially early on, but Cregger wisely doesn’t overuse them.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
But 1984 is continuously overused by fans as evidence of what the program can achieve.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of overuse

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The demonstration took place at Eglin Air Force Base during the US Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering’s Joint Readiness Experimentation exercise in late September.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Some may be able to continue exercising but contact sports and other activities with a high risk of injury warrant extra caution.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of exercise

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Others are trying to drive employees toward what are called Centers of Excellence—essentially hospitals or medical practices with high ratings that may save money in the long-term since employees won’t need to return again and again for care.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Iran continued its campaign of striking ships trying to use the Strait of Hormuz, with four drones in the last 24 hours.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of try

Verb

Larger collaboration, now being essayed by film industries as established as France and the Nordic States, is the bigger major way Africa’s film industries can also go.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026

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