Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overwork
Participle: overworked
Gerund: overworking
Indicative
Present
| I | overwork |
| you | overwork |
| he;she;it | overworks |
| we | overwork |
| you | overwork |
| they | overwork |
Perfect
| I | have overworked |
| you | have overworked |
| he;she;it | has overworked |
| we | have overworked |
| you | have overworked |
| they | have overworked |
Past
| I | overworked |
| you | overworked |
| he;she;it | overworked |
| we | overworked |
| you | overworked |
| they | overworked |
Pluperfect
| I | had overworked |
| you | had overworked |
| he;she;it | had overworked |
| we | had overworked |
| you | had overworked |
| they | had overworked |
Future
| I | will overwork |
| you | will overwork |
| he;she;it | will overwork |
| we | will overwork |
| you | will overwork |
| they | will overwork |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overworked |
| you | will have overworked |
| he;she;it | will have overworked |
| we | will have overworked |
| you | will have overworked |
| they | will have overworked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overwork |
| you | overwork |
| he;she;it | overwork |
| we | overwork |
| you | overwork |
| they | overwork |
Perfect
| I | have overworked |
| you | have overworked |
| he;she;it | have overworked |
| we | have overworked |
| you | have overworked |
| they | have overworked |
Imperfect
| I | overworked |
| you | overworked |
| he;she;it | overworked |
| we | overworked |
| you | overworked |
| they | overworked |
Pluperfect
| I | had overworked |
| you | had overworked |
| he;she;it | had overworked |
| we | had overworked |
| you | had overworked |
| they | had overworked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overwork |
| you | would overwork |
| he;she;it | would overwork |
| we | would overwork |
| you | would overwork |
| they | would overwork |
Perfect
| I | would have overworked |
| you | would have overworked |
| he;she;it | would have overworked |
| we | would have overworked |
| you | would have overworked |
| they | would have overworked |
Imperative
| you | overwork |
| we | Let's overwork |
| you | overwork |
Verbs conjugated like 'overwork'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overwork'
overword,
overbook,
overcark,
overcook,
overlock,
overlook,
overmark,
overpark,
oversoak,
overwalk,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to cause to work too hard," 1530, from
over + work (q.v.). O.E.
oferwiercan meant "to work all over," i.e. "to decorate the whole surface of."
2. From Middle English overwerken, possibly from Old English oferwyrċan (“to overwork, overlay”), equivalent to over- + work. Cognate with Dutch overwerken (“to overwork”). See: Dutch '
overwerken'.
Sample Sentences
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to overwork a horse
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For some years locomotives and coaches have been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great. [1945 November snd December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 329:]
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The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement. [2007 February 18, Jake Mooney, “A Case of the Shivers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:]
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If you live in Washington D.C., Houston or Atlanta, it might be time to take a vacation.
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Those three cities, followed by Seattle and Chicago, are the most overworked cities in the United States, according to a study released by the mobile technology company Kisi this past week. [2019 August 10, Harmeet Kaur, “The most overworked cities in the US might surprise you”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2020:]
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It turns out that overworking your brain with either physical or mental exercise may lower your ability to delay self-gratification. [2019 September 26, Sandee LaMotte, “Too much exercise could lead to bad decisions on what you eat and buy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2025:]
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One of China’s most prominent e-commerce companies is facing intense public backlash over allegations that it overworks its employees. [2021 January 13, Laura He and Nectar Gan, “Pinduoduo under fire as China turns on its tech titans”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2025:]
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My days with toil are overwrought. [1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Aigalades:]