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

Verb

The Dollywood website became overloaded Tuesday after word spread of her death and was inaccessible for more than two hours.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
This behavior reflects a generation that is deeply committed to their pets and has no trouble finding information about how to care for them but can be easily overloaded with conflicting information and a paradox of choices about what to do next.

— Mita Malhotra, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of overloaded

Adjective

And Trump’s priority is to lower costs for inflation-weary consumers ahead of the midterms, just suspending tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef to bring cheaper foreign meat into the market.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
As competition intensifies, Walmart and Kroger are lowering prices across the board to appeal to inflation-weary, cost-conscious consumers.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Before the ban, at least seven-eighths of all spirits made in the country were not being taxed, according to the government.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
This setup also means they aren’t taxed like gambling, which generated nearly $18 billion in revenue for states last year.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of taxed

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Efforts to prevent famine have been hampered by the January decision of the United States, once Somalia's largest donor, to freeze nearly all of the country's humanitarian aid.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
The Panthers’ third-round pick from two years ago had fought through two difficult seasons hampered by injury.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026

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