overlabour

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/

overlabour means excessive labour. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

overlabour is pronounced /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/.

Etymology

From over- + labour (noun).

noun

Excessive labour.“a disease which he had brought upon himself, by his over-labour at a Siege”

verb

To cause to labour excessively; to overwork.“But over labour'd with ſo long a Courſe, Tis time to ſet at eaſe the ſmoaking Horſe.”
To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.