overworking

o·ver·work  (vr-wûrk)

v. o·ver·worked, o·ver·work·ing, o·ver·works

v.tr.

1. To force to work too hard or too long.

2.

a. To rework to excess: overwork a speech.

b. To use too often: "'Vulnerable' and 'volatile' were the most overworked adjectives of the '70s" (David Ansen).

3. To decorate the entire surface of.

v.intr.

To work too long or too hard.

n. (vr-wûrk)

Excessive work.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

overworking - the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork" overwork toil, labor, labour - productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"