Past tense of overwork

Forms of overwork

Overworked in a sentence

• 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
• 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
• Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.From the entry overworked
• Our experience of time isn’t just different because we are fearful or bored, cooped up or overworked.2020 May 8, Arielle Pardes, “There Are No Hours or Days in Coronatime”, in Wired, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023. From the entry coronatime
• He admits his first attempts were overworked and overspelled, "as though a chicken had walked over them."1973, Robert Wakefield, Schwiering and the West, page 32. From the entry overspell

Meaning of overwork

1. verb To make (someone or something) work too hard.
2. verb To work too hard.
3. verb To fill too full of work; to crowd with labour.

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Questions about the past tense of overwork

What is the past tense of overwork?

The past tense of overwork is overworked.

What is the past participle of overwork?

The past participle of overwork is overworked.

Is overwork a regular or irregular verb?

Overwork is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.