Synonyms for overwork
ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrkover·work

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1. overwork, overworkingverb

   the act of working too much or too long

   "he became ill from overwork"

   Synonyms:
   overworking

2. overworkverb

   use too much

   "This play has been overworked"

   Synonyms:
   exploit

3. overwork, exploitverb

   work excessively hard

   "he is exploiting the students"

   Synonyms:
   tap, exploit, work

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1. • Work

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1. List of paraphrases for "overwork":

   overuse, burnout

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1. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images:

   There was a romance with [ director ] Vicente Minelli, and from their romance came Liza Minnelli. So of course, the film held wonderful memories for Judy Garland. Vincente was a very kind director who was easy to work with. He made sure that the studio did n’t overwork Judy Garland and that Judy Garland had reasonable hours.

2. Paralympian Amy Purdy:

   I am going on day 4 in the hospital after developing a very serious condition called Rhabdomyolysis. You should google it and read about it, its crazy. It basically can occur when you overwork a muscle group and the muscle begins to breakdown into your blood stream. It can severely damage kidneys pretty quickly and as most of you know I have a kidney transplant which was a big concern.

3. Rudyard Kipling:

   More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

4. Yue Qian:

   Overwork culture contributes to gender equality because of the expectation that men and women have to work long hours and they can not take time off, all these expectations disadvantage mothers with young children in the labor market, especially given that men contribute very little to housework or childcare in China.

5. Charles H. Mayo:

   Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.