overlaboured

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UK/əʊvəˈleɪbəd/

adjective

Overworked, exhausted.

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Meanings

verb

alternative overlabored

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overlabour
adjectiveoverlaboured (comparative more overlaboured, superlative most overlaboured)

comparative more overlaboured · superlative most overlaboured · alternative overlabored

  1. Overworked, exhausted.

    Oh, Hesperus! thou bringest all good things— / Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer, / To the young bird the parent's brooding wings, / The welcome stall to the o’erlaboured steer [...].

    1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.107
  2. Laboured, over-elaborate.
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APA

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MLA

“overlaboured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlaboured. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlaboured,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlaboured.

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