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overstress

[ oh-ver-stres ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to subject to excessive stress or strain.
  2. Mechanics. to stress (a metal or other body) to the point of deformation.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overstress1

First recorded in 1915–20; over- + stress
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I was no longer angry with that friend I’d been raging against when I drove up; he, too, was probably just trying to find some peace in an overstressed life.

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The building’s walls and columns are overstressed, which means they may not be able to support the floors above them.

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But now, you see the fatigue of being overworked and overstressed and everything compounding because of the alcoholism and the mental illness, and it’s f— Christmas and the expectations that go along with that.

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“I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point,” envoy Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N.

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Security Council, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point.”

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