0 present participle of overtax
1 to demand too much tax from someone or to put too much tax on goods:
I've been overtaxed this month.
Food should not be overtaxed.
2 to cause to feel tired or confused as a result of doing too much or doing something too difficult:
If we continue overtaxing and polluting the environment, our personal well-being will eventually suffer too.
He first ran up his war chest by overtaxing, and when he had a surplus he set out his pre-election bonanza.
We have been grossly overtaxing them because we have pretended that there is no inflation.
The word "overtaxing" just now has a rather sinister sound.
That fundamental approach of overtaxing an activity as a whole but picking favoured activities that one wants to relieve from tax is very interventionist.
These black fumes are caused mainly by the overtaxing of the engine or bad maintenance.
We are overtaxing capital gains, only to relieve certain favoured activities.
We are overtaxing the poor to over-privilege many in retirement.
