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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overapply .
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Examples
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While there is a long line of cases stating that minors in a public school have fewer constitutional rights than an adult, there is a large minority of people who claim this idea is either wrong entirely or at least overapplied.
Sonia Sotomayor: What Will She Mean For the Court? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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“Yes,” he says, trying to concentrate solely on the perfume, which was in fact overapplied.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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“Yes,” he says, trying to concentrate solely on the perfume, which was in fact overapplied.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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“Yes,” he says, trying to concentrate solely on the perfume, which was in fact overapplied.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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“Yes,” he says, trying to concentrate solely on the perfume, which was in fact overapplied.
The Redleys Matt Haig 2010
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I agree that the Commerce Clause can be overapplied.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Supreme Court Justices and “Policy Implications”: 2009
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John: “This seems insensitive, to question the sincerity and sexuality of an entire group of people based solely on a broad and overapplied generalization about appearance.”
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Decorative details on the hilt are overapplied and not integral to the overall utility of sword.
Movie Review: Eragon 2006
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I think Chairman Cox will tell you that it has been overapplied.
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This seems insensitive, to question the sincerity and sexuality of an entire group of people based solely on a broad and overapplied generalization about appearance.
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