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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
  • Today’s discerning little travelers—and their (presumably) exhausted parents—demand more.
    Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The world watched, and so did Venezuela’s exhausted population, over 90% of whom, according to opposition data, believe Maduro lost.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Today, Knight sounds less like a rap-world villain and more like a weary prophet, but still fierce in conviction.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • The squad then start the session with a passing drill where the coaches shout and clap constantly, inspiring energy to any weary limbs.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • The hosts are understandably disappointed (and perhaps a bit emotionally fatigued) after falling short of Inter Milan in an all-time great Champions League semifinal.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 May 2025
  • Last season, Greene grew fatigued in the summer and had a short stint on the injured list with a hamstring strain.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • My therapist buffs and moisturizes my tired skin with nutrient-rich seaweed body polish and a firming mask before laying shiver-inducing strands of detoxifying fresh seaweed across my back.
    Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2025
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“Overtaxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtaxed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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