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Overexert

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To exert (oneself) too much; overtax.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To exert (oneself) to an excessive degree

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To exert too much.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To exert or exercise too much; exert (oneself) to excess: usually reflexive.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength

Word Usage

"Fifty-nine percent overexert, meaning that they sometimes will try and keep up with their kids, try and do activities that they probably have no business doing."

Verb Form

overexerted overexerting overexerts

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

exert