variants:
US overlabor or British overlabour
overlabored; overlaboring
Definition of overlabor
1 : to cause (someone) to labor excessively
shouldn't overlabor young children
2 : to explain or insist on (something) excessively : belabor overlabored the point
3 : to make (something) too elaborate : overelaborate … meticulously overlabors every dish …— Joshua Gillin
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Time Traveler for overlabor
The first known use of overlabor was circa 1530
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