overtasked
Given excessive duties
Overtasked means burdened with more tasks or responsibilities than one can reasonably handle.
Someone overtasked at work has too many assignments competing for their attention: The overtasked staff couldn't keep up with customer complaints.
The word emphasizes quantity of demands rather than their difficulty.
Carrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overcommittedPledged beyond capacity
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
laden · encumbered · saddled · maxed-out · overbooked · overscheduled · juggling · buried
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- floodedCovered with water
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
overcome · besieged · bombarded · outpaced · outmatched · overmatched
overburdened
Carrying more than manageable
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- overcommittedPledged beyond capacity
- overextendedBeyond sustainable capacity
swamped · laden · encumbered · saddled · maxed-out · overbooked · overscheduled · juggling · buried · slammed
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
drowning · overcome · besieged · bombarded · outpaced · outmatched · overmatched
pressured
Urged with insistence
frazzled · harried · harassed · frantic · flustered · on-edge · wound-up · high-strung · cracking · unraveling
drained
Emptied of resources
fatigued · weary · run-down · frazzled · sapped · fried · wiped · zonked · knackered · shattered
overtaskedunderworked
Not given enough tasks
underutilized · underemployed · unburdened · idle · free