overuse
pronunciation
How to pronounce overuse in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈju:z]
How to pronounce overuse in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈjuz]
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- Noun:
- exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
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- Verb:
- make use of too often or too extensively
Word Origin
- overuse (n.)
- also over-use, 1862, from over- + use (n.).
Example
- 1. New orleans police have a tendency to overuse force .
- 2. Overuse will only make you look pushy .
- 3. Overuse of the internet has become a household worry in china .
- 4. The biggest side effect of overuse is increasing resistance to the antibiotics .
- 5. The overuse has contributed to the emergence of dangerous , drug-resistant strains of bacteria .