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overtaxed

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verb

past tense of overtax

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtaxed
Verb
  • Applicants must meet one of 46 distinct eligibility criteria and fill out mountains of paperwork – a long and difficult process for a population already overburdened by bureaucracy.
    Pascale Leone, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • After a mapping campaign in Toledo, Ohio, officials found that the city’s hot spots often overlapped with census tracts identified by the Biden administration’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool as lacking in commercial investment and overburdened by pollution.
    Ula Chrobak, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Blue Jays had a lead and needed efficient innings to spare an exhausted bullpen.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • This feature, essentially a failsafe, Young explained, allows CAR cells to take a break, which can be useful in terms of keeping cytokine production from getting out of control and from becoming exhausted from working too long without time to rejuvenate.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Officials noted that the public can grow weary from too many flooding alerts or forecasts that turn out to be minor.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 July 2025
  • And the family members of the missing — from the camp and elsewhere — continue to grow weary.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Washington, 73, experienced shortness of breath and appeared fatigued toward the end of a four-game series against the New York Yankees.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
  • Washington, 73, experienced shortness of breath and appeared fatigued toward the end of a four-game series against the Yankees.
    Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
  • The toll on crew members goes far beyond simply being tired.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
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“Overtaxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtaxed. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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