[
UK
/ˌəʊvəstɹˈɛs/
]
VERB
-
place special or excessive emphasis on
I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book
How To Use overstress In A Sentence
- Detailed calculations made during the inquiry indicate that some struts would have been overstressed.
- Former Yankee Jim Leyritz said he was distraught and "overstressed" - but not suicidal - before checking into a psych ward. NY Daily News
- We need to reduce our dependence on a centralized, outdated and overstressed electrical grid.
- 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
- Even at these temperatures, failures might be initiated by overstressing the tires.
- The movie turns broad and slightly smarmy when it portrays the conventioneers as hapless Babbitts, and overstresses Tim's status as a hick or, worse still, a priss. 'Gnomeo': A Bard's Garden of Delights
- One cannot overstress the importance of the company you keep.
- The analogy between internal friction increment and overstress due to strain-rate sensitivity is clarified.
- Which, I suggest, is a point that cannot be overstressed, especially today.
- This spring the 80-year-old levy system along the Mississippi was so overstressed by rains that the river had to be temporarily shut to commercial traffic, costing the economy millions of dollars. Robert Creamer: What Do the Earthquake, Infrastructure and Antiquated Accounting Have to Do With Jobs?