verb
- to work excessively or too hard; to labor beyond what is necessary or healthy
- to elaborate or dwell on excessively; to belabor a point
Usage: third person singular present tense of 'overlabor'
Usage: less common usage
Examples
- She overlabors every project, staying at the office until midnight.
- The farmer overlabors during harvest season, working from dawn to dusk.
- He overlabors the same argument in every conversation.
- Workers who overlabor risk burnout and health problems.
- The author overlabors the description, using too many adjectives.
- Don't overlabor yourself; take breaks throughout the day.