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Definition of Overapplication
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overapplication
Literary usage of Overapplication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Overapplication is overkill More is not better when it comes to applying pesticides.
... In addition, overapplication increases your exposure to chemicals, ..."
2. 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater by Michael C. Hirschi, F. William Simmons, Doug Peterson, Ed Giles (1998)
"The basic risk with these systems is overapplication of water. Over- application
increases the chances ... Overapplication could mean increased leaching. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Rain or irrigation water washes away much of the herbicide; hence an overapplication
by an order of magnitude is required for effective control. ..."
4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"... "the occasion maketh the thief," has become trite through overapplication in
the library world of South America, still nothing short of systematic ..."
5. Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored by United States Office of Education, Thomas Jesse Jones, Phelps-Stokes Fund (1917)
"... though still with any time-table there is need of individual watchfulness to
guard against overapplication as well as against laziness. ..."
6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1905)
"... attacks while suffering from nervous prostration, the result of mental
overapplication and family worry. Later, when in fairly good physical ..."
7. Notes on the Life of Noah Webster by Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford, Fowler Ford, Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel (1912)
"Beside teaching he hoped to pursue his studies in the law to advantage under that
eminent jurist. But daily occupations and ill health from overapplication ..."
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