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overtasking

overtasking is the present participle and gerund of overtask.

Meaning of overtask

Verb

overtask (third-person singular simple present overtasks, present participle overtasking, simple past and past participle overtasked)

  1. (transitive) To task too heavily; to give someone or something too many tasks; to overburden.
    • We were almost always under fire from the enemy; but with the utmost cheerfulness, and even, I may say, good-humour, the whole of the infantry did all in their power to lighten the work of the overtasked artillerymen: comrades we were, all striving for the accomplishment of one purpose--that of...1910, Charles John Griffiths, A Narrative Of The Siege Of Delhi

Questions about overtasking

What is overtasking the present participle and gerund of?
Overtasking is the present participle and gerund of overtask.

Words near overtasking in the dictionary

  1. overtare
  2. overtares
  3. overtart
  4. overtask
  5. overtasked
  6. overtasking
  7. overtasks
  8. overtattooed
  9. overtaught
  10. overtaut
  11. overtautness

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