OVERWORKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overworking mean? 

• OVERWORKING (noun)
  The noun OVERWORKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of working too much or too long

  Familiarity information: OVERWORKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERWORKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of working too much or too long

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

overwork; overworking

Context example:

he became ill from overwork

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

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

Derivation:

overwork (work excessively hard)

 Context examples 

"No overworking. No working at night. And no children at the mangles. No children anywhere. And a fair wage."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)