overwork
verb/ˌoʊvərˈwɜrk/
Frequency rank: #18,412 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to work too hard or too much, causing harm or exhaustion.
Example sentence
She began to feel dizzy because she would always overwork herself during exam season.
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