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   Overworked

   /ˌōvərˈwərkt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) having to work beyond their capacity or strength: "overworked nurses do not have time to adequately prepare patients for discharge" Similar stressedunder stressstressed outstress-riddenstrainedovertaxedoverburdenedoverloadedexhaustedfatiguedworn out
   • 2. used to excess: "the strain of overworked muscles"
   • ▪ (of a word, phrase, or idea) used so often that it has lost its effect: "it's an overworked analogy" Similar hackneyedoverusedworn outworntiredplayed outstereotypedclichédthreadbarestaletritebanalplatitudinousstockhackunoriginalderivativeinformal:hacky

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