overworked's Usage Examples:

osteoclast cells continually replace and repair bone, but the constant call to action issued by the overworked defenses forces this reaction too far.

magnificent at the heart of their overworked defense, scooped the ball high into the air.

This office-bound aliment is the pest of many an overworked office-type, .. .

This court was formerly very much overworked, but it was relieved by an act of the 24th of June 1895 establishing a superior court (now of seven judges) with appellate jurisdiction.

In this constitution he declared that the competency of these various organs was not always clear, and that their functions were badly arranged; that certain of them had only a small amount of business to deal with, while others were overworked; that strictly judicial affairs, with which the Congregations had not to deal originally, had developed to an excessive extent, while the tribunals, the Rota and the Signatura, had nothing to do.

Teachers, in many cases already overworked, are required to learn new skills.

overworked breathing muscles become tired.

Mr. Gilman at first agreed to this; but when my tasks had become somewhat perplexing, he insisted that I was overworked, and that I should remain at his school three years longer.

The slaves were overworked now that fresh supplies were stopped, and their numbers rapidly decreased.

He was running into more brick walls than an overworked mason.

Synonyms:

work, process, work on,

Antonyms:

irreversible process, decrease, malfunction, fail,