overworkedness

Definitions

The state or characteristic of being overworked.

uncountable

Examples

“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⟳[…]”

“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[…]”

“[…] a dramatic groan for his overworkedness. Took out a pencil and began adding up a column of figures on a small notebook he carried. He didn't even bother to look⟳ up at her.”

“burnout syndrome (resulting from common 'overworkedness' and workaholism) often being an augury and omen of deepening depression combined combined with anxiety, overwhelming stress⟳ which (if not prevented or substantially reduced) ravages not only the body but also the brain,[…]”

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