Definition of "overworked" []

• Being subjected to too much work (adjective)

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• "She was consequently, in plain English, overworked, and an overworked woman is always a sad sight, -- sadder a great deal than an overworked man, because she is so much more fertile in capacities of suffering than a man."
• "At times they may be a little overworked, which is why Ingrid can become the teen sleuth, but they clearly like and love their daughter."
• "I am overworked, that is all; and as my life of privation does not permit me to repair my forces, I have become anaemic; it is not serious."