overlabour

== English == === Alternative forms === overlabor === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈleɪbə(ɹ)/ === Etymology 1 === From over- +‎ labour (noun). ==== Noun ==== overlabour (uncountable) Excessive labour. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English over-labouren, equivalent to over- +‎ labour (verb). ==== Verb ==== overlabour (third-person singular simple present overlabours, present participle overlabouring, simple past and past participle overlaboured) (transitive) To cause to labour excessively; to overwork. (transitive) To labour upon excessively; to refine unduly.