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OVERWORKING
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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