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OVERWORKING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of working too much or too long

Example:

he became ill from overwork

Synonyms:

overwork; overworking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("overworking" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Derivation:

overwork (work excessively hard)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb overwork

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