Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To use to excess.
- noun Excessive use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To use to excess; use too much or too frequently.
- noun Too much or too frequent use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To use excessively; to use too often.
- noun Excessive use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
use too much - noun
excessive use
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
- verb make use of too often or too extensively
Etymologies
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Examples
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After receiving more than 360 complaints that long-term overuse of the popular denture cream Fixodent caused serious nerve damage, the
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The FDA has called the overuse of antibiotics in food animals "a serious public health threat," linking it to the emergence of super-scary superbugs like MRSA.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Is Organic Milk A Hoax? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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The FDA has called the overuse of antibiotics in food animals "a serious public health threat," linking it to the emergence of super-scary superbugs like MRSA.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Is Organic Milk A Hoax? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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The FDA has called the overuse of antibiotics in food animals "a serious public health threat," linking it to the emergence of super-scary superbugs like MRSA.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Is Organic Milk A Hoax? Jennifer Grayson 2010
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It's a metaphor too good not to overuse, which is why everything from insurance companies to arctic icebreakers have incorporated the word Sampo in their names.
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For example, we might say that a machine has broken down due to overuse, which is a relational property.
Externalism About Mental Content Lau, Joe 2008
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But her joints are suffering from something called overuse injuries.
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GUPTA: Her ground strokes, well, they are improving but her joints are suffering from something called overuse injuries.
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"However, one of the effects of long-term overuse of alcohol is considerable weight loss and muscle wastage, which are recognised consequences of the way alcohol damages the body.
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Easing chest pain in these patients isn't a bad thing, so misunderstanding the benefits of stents wouldn't technically be called overuse, he said.
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