over·wea·ry
ˌō-vər-ˈwir-ē 
: too weary : extremely tired or worn out
He was somewhat overweary after a strenuous year; but to Dartmoor he always came for health and rest when opportunity offered …—
Eden Phillpotts
Eden PhillpottsI resolved to establish myself as a well-behaved female at one or two good restaurants, where I could dine alone at a pleasant table with adequate attentions rather than be pushed into a corner and given a raw or overweary waiter.—M. F. K. Fisher
M. F. K. FisherAnd many established managers … are overloaded and overweary of helping people up the ropes who don't always appreciate their cost-free contributions.—Joyce Lain Kennedy
Joyce Lain Kennedy
overwearied; overwearying
: to make excessively weary : to cause to be extremely tired or worn out
It was not physical exercise that overwearied him, … it was his tendency to remain only too quiescent, as regarded any toil of the limbs and muscles.—Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“Overweary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overweary. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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