overtaxing
present participle ofovertax
overtax
verb[T]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈtæks/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈtæks/overtaxverb[T](MONEY)
todemandtoo muchtaxfrom someone or to put too muchtaxongoods:
I've been overtaxed thismonth.
Food should not be overtaxed.
Taxation
- amortizable
- anti-dumping
- anti-progressive
- anti-tax
- bedroom tax
- financial year
- fiscal year
- flat tax
- gas tax
- HMRC
- road tax
- sales tax
- self-assessment
- shelter
- sin tax
- taxpayer
- the taxman
- tithe
- top rate
- vat
overtaxverb[T](DIFFICULTY)
tocausetofeeltiredorconfusedas aresultof doing too much or doing something toodifficult:
Remember you've beenill, and don't overtaxyourself.
Thisproblemis overtaxing mybrain.
Tired and making tired
- all in
- anti-fatigue
- atyourworstidiom
- be dead onyourfeetidiom
- be fit/ready to dropidiom
- fit to dropidiom
- fragile
- frazzled
- gassed
- haggard
- half dead
- knackered
- prostrate
- shell-shocked
- sleep-deprived
- sleepily
- sleepiness
- sleepy
- stonkered
- whacked
Examplesofovertaxing
overtaxing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
If we continueovertaxingand polluting the environment, our personal well-being will eventually suffer too.
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He first ran up his war chest byovertaxing, and when he had a surplus he set out his pre-election bonanza.
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We have been grosslyovertaxingthem because we have pretended that there is no inflation.
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The word "overtaxing" just now has a rather sinister sound.
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That fundamental approach ofovertaxingan activity as a whole but picking favoured activities that one wants to relieve from tax is very interventionist.
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These black fumes are caused mainly by theovertaxingof the engine or bad maintenance.
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We areovertaxingcapital gains, only to relieve certain favoured activities.
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We areovertaxingthe poor to over-privilege many in retirement.
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I therefore altered it toovertaxing.
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Overtaxingthe aquifers was another concernit was not a technique that had been previously attempted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The event was attended to by more than 500 in protest of government corruption andovertaxingat the local, state and federal levels of government.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So by having more revenue than necessary to finance government service, you areovertaxingthe people.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 demonstrators attended the rally that day, severelyovertaxingthe facilities of the small town.
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