overtiredness

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We recognise the notion of overtiredness in young children who are unable to switch off at bedtime.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2018

Sometimes she goes on living in a dogged state of overtiredness until there comes a "last straw" which brings on some organic disease, and still another "straw" which kills her altogether.

From Nerves and Common Sense by Call, Annie Payson