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overworked
This term carries a strong connotation of depletion and fatigue. When applied to people, it describes a state of chronic stress where the demands of a job exceed the individual's capacity to recover, often implying a systemic failure in management or workload distribution rather than a temporary busy period.
In a creative or technical context, the word shifts toward a sense of redundancy or lack of subtlety. An overworked plot point or musical motif is one that has been repeated so frequently that it has lost its impact, becoming a cliché or an annoyance to the audience.
Meanings
Examples
I am just too overworked to even think about starting a new hobby.
The staff are completely overworked and underpaid.
The staff are completely overworked and underpaid.
You look overworked. Why dont you take a few days off?
He felt overworked and undervalued in his current role.
My lower back muscles are overworked from carrying those heavy boxes all day.
The engine was overworked during the long climb up the mountain.
I can't believe I'm this overworked already and it's only Tuesday.
The author relied on an overworked metaphor that had lost its impact.