1. to emphasize or give too much importance to something
2. to subject to excessive physical or mental stress

1. excessive emphasis or importance placed on something
2. excessive physical or mental stress

Examples

• Don’t overstress the importance of test scores in college admissions.
• The teacher warned against overstressing minor details in the essay.
• Working overtime every day can overstress your body and mind.
• The bridge collapsed due to overstress from heavy traffic.
• There’s an overstress on competition in youth sports today.
• The overstress of the deadline caused several employees to quit.
• She suffered from overstress after months of caring for her sick parent.