OVERTAXED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in overworked

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verb

past tense of overtax

as in overburdened

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Adjective

Returning home allowed Mike to get up and walk without waiting hours for an overworked nurse to unplug a bunch of monitors, and to enjoy real food.

— Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Why does almost every punch line feel overworked and underdeveloped?

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 23 May 2026

Definition of overworked

Verb

The few places that can take kids like this are completely overburdened.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
As populations age, healthcare systems become overburdened, and governments fail to sufficiently expand or change those systems, preventing preventable diseases is more vital than ever.

— Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026

Definition of overburdened

Adjective

His exhausted kin of Gainesville, having spent the morning very much alive and the enormity of a half-decade pummeled, agreed.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Health workers at existing treatment centers are also exhausted, said Jeannot Krikeija, who works at an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Ituri’s capital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

The companies weren’t short of intelligence—they were overloaded with ego.

— Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
It was later revealed that the plane had been overloaded by 700 pounds and the pilot, who had cocaine and alcohol in his system, was not authorized to be flying, according to CBS.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of overloaded

Adjective

But the image that emerges here is of an already war-weary, fragile and poor country being pushed ever closer to a breaking point.

— Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
In war-weary Lebanon, Israeli strikes have intensified in response to Hezbollah drone attacks.

— Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of weary

Verb

Last season was hampered by an injury to starter Drew Allar, but Penn State has had more than eight passes over 40 yards, in a season, one time in the last six years.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Fiske is at full strength after being hampered last season by a knee injury sustained at the end of his rookie year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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