Synonyms for overwork
ˌoʊ vərˈwɜrk; ˈoʊ vərˌwɜrkover·work

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1. overwork, overworkingverb

   the act of working too much or too long

   "he became ill from overwork"

   Synonyms:
   overworking

2. overworkverb

   use too much

   "This play has been overworked"

   Synonyms:
   exploit

3. overwork, exploitverb

   work excessively hard

   "he is exploiting the students"

   Synonyms:
   tap, exploit, work

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1. • Work

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1. List of paraphrases for "overwork":

   overuse, burnout

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1. Paul DePompo:

   He’ll distract himself with porn, drinking, or will overwork himself, he may become hyper-focused on morals in order to minimize the importance of sex, exhibit jealousy or anger regarding other’s happiness, and will tell you his wife does not like sex.

2. Moon Jae-in:

   The most important thing is that it will be a fundamental solution to protecting the lives and safety of the people by reducing the number of deaths from overwork, industrial accidents and sleep-deprived driving.

3. Rudyard Kipling:

   More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.

4. Charles H. Mayo:

   Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.

5. Yue Qian:

   Overwork culture contributes to gender equality because of the expectation that men and women have to work long hours and they can not take time off, all these expectations disadvantage mothers with young children in the labor market, especially given that men contribute very little to housework or childcare in China.