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overlaboured

UK/əʊvəˈleɪbəd/

overlaboured is the simple past and past participle of overlabour.

Adjective

overlaboured (comparative more overlaboured, superlative most overlaboured)

  1. Overworked, exhausted.
    • Oh, Hesperus! thou bringest all good things— / Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, / To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, / The welcome stall to the o’erlaboured steer [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.107
  2. Laboured, over-elaborate.

Meaning of overlabour

Verb

overlabour (third-person singular simple present overlabours, present participle overlabouring, simple past and past participle overlaboured)

  1. (transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.
    • overlabor the employees
  2. (transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.
    • overlabor ornaments
  3. To belabour or emphasise excessively.
    • overlabor the point

See all 4 meanings of overlabour

Forms of overlaboured

Verb
alternative formoverlabored
Adjective
comparativemore overlaboured
superlativemost overlaboured

Questions about overlaboured

What does overlaboured mean?
Overlaboured means overworked, exhausted.
What is overlaboured the simple past and past participle of?
Overlaboured is the simple past and past participle of overlabour.
What part of speech is overlaboured?
Overlaboured is an adjective.
How do you pronounce overlaboured?
Overlaboured is pronounced /əʊvəˈleɪbəd/ (UK).

Words near overlaboured in the dictionary

  1. overlabor
  2. overlabored
  3. overlaboring
  4. overlabors
  5. overlabour
  6. overlaboured
  7. overlabouring
  8. overlabours
  9. overlace
  10. overlaced
  11. overlaces

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