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overworkedness

overworkedness noun: the state or characteristic of being overworked.

Noun

overworkedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being overworked.
    • Breakdown cum a foul form of anaemia cum general overworkedness did the trick and I went off for over seven months, tasting to the full the horrors of all those vile vague diseases blud'n'nerves can inflict on one. I lived a bloody life for months on liver, raw steak and iron[…]2001, Dymphna Cusack, Florence James, Miles Franklin, Yarn Spinners: A Story in Letters, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 29
    • No one at the office is every terribly sympathetic to your overworkedness, since they got neither a fancy lunch nor a big bag of beauty products. Then add in the fact that most beauty editors end up going not just to a lunch, but to several events, every day[…]2006 April 18, Jean Godfrey-June, Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup, Crown, →ISBN

Origin of overworkedness

From overworked + -ness.

Questions about overworkedness

What does overworkedness mean?
Overworkedness means the state or characteristic of being overworked.
What part of speech is overworkedness?
Overworkedness is a noun.

Words near overworkedness in the dictionary

  1. overwords
  2. overwordy
  3. overwore
  4. overwork
  5. overworked
  6. overworkedness
  7. overworking
  8. overworks
  9. overworld
  10. overworld map
  11. overworld maps

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