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How to spell overwork

What it means: To labor too hard or for too long.

In a sentence: If you overwork, you might get very tired! ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as over work or over-work.

Same family: overworked, overworking, workload, workaholic, overtime. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “overwork” comes from the prefix “over-,” meaning “too much,” added to the Old English word “work.” It has been used since at least the 1600s to warn about doing more work than is healthy.

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