Definizione monolingua

overwork

overwork (third-person singular simple present overworks, present participle overworking, simple past and past participle overworked or overwrought)

1. (transitive) To make (someone) work too hard.
2. (intransitive) To work too hard.

overwork (uncountable)

1. excessive work
   • 1878, Phosphorus in functional disorders of the nervous system, induced by overwork and other influences incidental to modern life

     Various disordered conditions consequent upon overwork, which are characteristic of modern civilisation.

   • 1996, Wilkie Au, Urgings of the Heart: A Spirituality of Integration

     When it comes to overwork, denial looms large.

   • 2003, Ernie J Zelinski, Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed, and Overworked

     The Japanese term for sudden death from overwork.

Definizione dizionario overwork

straordinario

superlavoro

surmenage

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To work too hard.

to work too hard

(transitive) To make someone work too hard.