overstressed

comparative more overstressed · superlative most overstressed

1. Excessively stressed.

   More than 90% said they were stressed at work and 69% said they would take industrial action to vent their anger.

   2001 March 23, staff and agencies, “Morale among overstressed GPs at all time low, says report”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2014

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   In the last few years, aromatherapy, or the science of smell, has become one of the most popular forms of natural therapy for overstressed executives.

   1991 April 14, Deirdre Fanning, “The Executive Life; The Overstressed Sniff for a Dose of Relaxation”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022

   By failing to name the agency in question, you do nothing to help the overworked, overstressed mom who needs to be made aware of this horrible agency.

   2008 April 27, Djamila Fitzgerald, “Reveal name of nanny agency”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2025

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overstress