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is overworked
verb
To make (someone) work too hard.
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Perhaps she is overworked.
And it is overworked.
The reference assistant is overworked to the point of catatonia.
Elsewhere, though, the record is overworked or undercooked.
The wards are over-full and everyone is overworked.
He said that his staff is overworked as it is.
When used to mean criticize or denounce, this colloquial verb is overworked and usually hyperbole.
Like too much of "Materiality," the result is overworked and — impermanent or not — wanting in imagination.
He says his schedule of composing, recording, performing and his JALC duties mean he is overworked.
A more immediate concern ahead of the Olympic hockey tournament is overworked goalies.
Sometimes it is overworked pediatricians handing out drugs to get frenetic children out the door.
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