overworked

About 0.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Subjected to too much work.

   Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.

2. adjective Having been overused such that it has lost its meaning; trite; banal.

   overworked, unaffecting cliches

3. verb simple past and past participle of overwork

Similar words

exploit overburdened overloaded overstretched swamped busy slammed overcrowded overwrought tired

Often followed by

and in american or by word as staff that