overtaxed 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of overtaxednext
as in overworked

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overtaxed

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verb

past tense of overtax
as in overburdened

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtaxed
  1. overburdened
  2. exhausted
  3. weary
  4. fatigued
  5. tired
Verb
  • They are already overburdened with juggling business goals, employees’ individual needs, return to in-office transitions and more.
    Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Carnegie Council noted that the concept of the human in the loop can become a myth if human cognitive capabilities are overburdened.
    Brian Jackson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of overburdened
Adjective
  • Trujillo said the crews were exhausted but proud of their work.
    Fox News, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The animals are nervous, exhausted, aggressive and bewildered by this alarming change to their routine.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • This is a technocratic view of art’s purpose, one that reduces art to a type of soma for late capitalism’s weary workers, Apple’s dream employees on an eighteen-hour shift and counting.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But rather than sporting a big smile and radiating festive cheer, Ferrell looked hilariously weary and unshaven, with an unlit cigarette dangling between his scowling lips.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of weary
Adjective
  • Just spritz water onto the pad for even more heat penetration into fatigued muscles.
    Bianca Lambert, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • After more than a year of relentless warfare, a fatigued Israeli public knows that more than 100 hostages are still imprisoned in Gaza and tens of thousands more remain displaced from their homes.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatigued
Adjective
  • People are tired of prescribed approaches to their work.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In Germany in the early 1930s, many people were tired of violence, uncertainty, and a failing economy and hoped that a strong leader would heed their concerns and come up with new and effective solutions to bring better and calmer days.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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