Overworks - English meaning

Overworks – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.
Usage examples:
Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost
Synonims:
Exploit Drive (too hard)Drive into the ground Tax Overtax Sweat Overburden Put upon Impose on Oppress Be a slave driver Be a hard taskmaster Stressed Under stress Stressed out Stress-ridden
verb
Make excessive use of.
Usage examples:
We aren't building new refineries so we have overworked our old ones

noun
Excessive work.
Usage examples:
His health broke down under the strain of overwork

Overworks translation into English

Overworks: translate from English into Chinese

过度劳累, 工作过度

Overworks: translate from English into Dutch

Overwerkt, Zich overwerken, Te hard laten werken, Uitputten

Overworks: translate from English into French

Surmenage, Surmener, Se surmener, Utiliser trop souvent

Overworks: translate from English into German

Überarbeitungen, Überanstrengen, Sich überarbeiten, Schinden, Ausbeuten

Overworks: translate from English into Hindi

अधिक काम

Overworks: translate from English into Italian

Superlavoro, Sfruttare, Lavorare troppo, Sovraccaricare di lavoro, Fare uso eccessivo di

Overworks: translate from English into Korean

과로, 지나치게 일하다, 지나치게 일을 시키다

Overworks: translate from English into Russian

Перерабатывает, Переутомляться, Переутомлять, Переработать, Слишком много работать, Перерабатываться

Overworks: translate from English into Spanish

Exceso de trabajo, Trabajar demasiado, Hacer trabajar demasiado, Matarse

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Overworks – similar words

overworking

ˌəʊ.vəˈwɜːk

verb
Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.
Usage examples:
Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

noun
Excessive work.
Usage examples:
His health broke down under the strain of overwork

verb
Present participle of overwork
Usage examples:
You look exhausted - i hope they're not overworking you.

Overworking - all meanings in English

overworked

adjective
(of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength.
Usage examples:
Overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge

verb
Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.
Usage examples:
Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

adjective
Having to work too much
Usage examples:
An overworked civil servant, i'm overworked and underpaid., the article was full of overworked expr…

Overworked - all meanings in English

overwork

verb
Cause (someone) to work beyond their capacity or strength.
Usage examples:
Employers should be aware that overworking their employees comes at a cost

noun
Excessive work.
Usage examples:
His health broke down under the strain of overwork

verb
To work or make a person or animal work too hard or too long
Usage examples:
[ t ] she overworks her staff., her headaches are likely caused by overwork., i feel overworked and…

Overwork - all meanings in English

Overworks synonims

exploit

verb
Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
Usage examples:
500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology

noun
A bold or daring feat.
Usage examples:
Despite a series of colourful exploits, his agents obtained little intelligence of value

noun
A brave, interesting, or unusual act
Usage examples:
Daredevil exploits, he is not content to limit himself to his exploits on the basketball court., th…

Exploit - all meanings in English

oppress

verb
Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
Usage examples:
A system which oppressed working people

verb
To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom
Usage examples:
In his speech he spoke against those who continue to oppress the poor., he's feeling oppressed by t…

Oppress - all meanings in English

overburden

verb
Load (someone) with too many things to carry.
Usage examples:
They were overburdened with luggage

noun
Rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, or other underground feature.
Usage examples:
The kaolin is mined by removing the overburden and digging a pit

Overburden - all meanings in English

overtax

verb
Require to pay too much tax.
Usage examples:
The uk is not overtaxed compared to other countries

verb
To demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods
Usage examples:
"we overtax the poor," the senator claimed., food and clothing should not be overtaxed., filling so…

Overtax - all meanings in English

stressed

adjective
Experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension.
Usage examples:
Stressed workers reported smoking more

verb
Give particular emphasis or importance to (a point, statement, or idea) made in speech or writing.
Usage examples:
They stressed the need for reform

adjective
Worried and unhappy because you have too much work or too many problems to deal with
Usage examples:
Stressed (out) workers/business people/commuters, be/get/feel stressed (out) a quarter of workers i…

Stressed - all meanings in English

sweat

noun
Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.
Usage examples:
Beads of sweat broke out on her brow

verb
Another term for sweatsuit or sweatpants.

verb
To excrete a salty, colorless liquid through the skin, esp. when you are hot or frightened
Usage examples:
He was sweating profusely., the soda cans sweat in this humidity., we have to sweat about money bec…

Sweat - all meanings in English

tax

noun
A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.
Usage examples:
Higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

verb
Impose a tax on (someone or something).
Usage examples:
The income will be taxed at the top rate

noun
(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought
Usage examples:
[ c ] income/sales/social security tax, [ c ] a property/gasoline tax, [ u ] the senator proposed a…

Tax - all meanings in English

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