Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place too much emphasis on.
- transitive verb To subject to excessive physical or emotional stress.
- transitive verb To subject to mechanical force, pressure, or excess voltage to the point of deformation.
- noun The fact or condition of being overstressed.
- noun An instance of being overstressed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To place excessive
emphasis on something - verb To place excessive physical
stress on something, especially to such an extent that itdeforms orbreaks
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place special or excessive emphasis on
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Examples
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One of them also failed in the accident, but the report did not specify the cause of the "overstress" on those welds.
SFGate: Top News Stories jvanderbeken@sfchronicle.com (Jaxon Van Derbeken 2011
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One of them also failed in the accident, but the report did not specify the cause of the "overstress" on those welds.
SFGate: Top News Stories jvanderbeken@sfchronicle.com (Jaxon Van Derbeken 2011
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When you overtrain and overstress your body, the side effects can include progressive loss of strength, tiredness, loss of appetite, disrupted sleep, loss of motivation, and irritability.
Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011
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In his barrage of strategies in which folk music could be used to inspire a united fighting force, Lomax paused to take a jealous swipe at a hit record that had won over a nation primed for patriotic fervor: "I need not overstress my opinion that 'God Bless America' and Kate Smith are both extremely dull and mediocre," he wrote.
The Catcher of Songs Eddie Dean 2011
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When you overtrain and overstress your body, the side effects can include progressive loss of strength, tiredness, loss of appetite, disrupted sleep, loss of motivation, and irritability.
Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011
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I don't think you can overstress the Vietnam factor in discussing Penn's movie.
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"There are vast differences between Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa so it's not an analogy that one should overstress," Mr. Froman said.
In Eastern Europe, Obama Sees Berlin Wall's Fall Echoed in the Middle East Carol E. Lee 2011
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These are metabolic disruptors which overstress the organs involved in hormone regulation and can seriously affect your sleep cycles.
Gwyneth Paltrow Is 'Knackered,' Concerned About Your Sleep 2010
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These are metabolic disruptors which overstress the organs involved in hormone regulation and can seriously affect your sleep cycles.
Gwyneth Paltrow Is 'Knackered,' Concerned About Your Sleep 2010
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So U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner's agenda should not overstress the revaluation of China's currency.
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