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to cause to feel tired or confused as a result of doing too much or doing something too difficult: Remember you've been ill, and don't overtax your self. This problem is overtaxing my brain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods: "We overtax the poor ," the Senator claimed. Food and clothing should not be overtaxed. to make people, a system, a machine, etc. do more than they can do: Filling so many jobs at once would overtax the department.
Definition of overtax verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. verb. If you overtax someone or something, you force them to work harder than they can really manage, and may do them harm as a result. ...a contralto who has overtaxed her voice. [VERB noun] 2. verb. If you say that a government is overtaxing its people, you mean that it is making them pay more tax than you think they should pay.
1. : to tax (someone or something) too heavily or beyond what is due. revenues raised through overtaxing the middle class. 2. : to lay too heavy a burden or demand upon (someone or something) exercises that overtax the muscles. overtaxing my patience.
to cause to feel tired or confused as a result of doing too much or doing something too difficult: Remember you've been ill, and don't overtax your self. This problem is overtaxing my brain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
(ˌəʊvəˈtækst ) adjective. 1. taxed too heavily. the core Republican theme is that Americans are overtaxed. 2. having too great a strain imposed. The overtaxed system began to crumble. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'overtaxed' in a sentence. overtaxed.
