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- noun   Plural form of overconsumer .
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								By the way, my previous cable internet provider did something like you propose - they'd contact "overconsumers" and "work something out", but that usually meant guilting or bullying them into more expensive subscriptions. Stormy's Corner 2008 
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								Because it's a little bit ugly to be overconsumers. 
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								I think we can be healthy consumers and keep the economy going without being overconsumers and getting back into this mess again. 
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								Brundtland is excellent on three of the four necessary conditions for sustainability: first, producing more with less (e.g., conservation, efficiency, technological improvements, and recycling); second, reducing the population explosion; and third, redistribution from overconsumers to the poor. 
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