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Definition of Overconsumption
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overconsumption
Literary usage of Overconsumption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inflation and Growth in China: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Beijing edited by Manuel Guitian, Robert Mundell (1998)
"Overconsumption occurs because the managers now have the financial autonomy to
accommodate ... The result of the overconsumption is a secular decline in the ..."
2. Forest Physiography: Physiography of the United States and Principles of by Isaiah Bowman (1911)
"This overconsumption has to be supplied during the first wet year which follows
one or more dry years, so that the amount ..."
3. The Complete Works of Henry George by Henry George (1891)
"And while the machinery of production wastes and producers are condemned to
unwilling idleness, how can there be overconsumption? When, with the desire to ..."
4. Government Control of the Liquor Business in Great Britain and the United States by Thomas Nixon Carver (1919)
"Nature seems to set up such a defense against overconsumption of lemon juice and
many other things which, if taken in excess, become injurious. ..."
5. Disabled Soldiers and Sailors Pensions and Training by Edward Thomas Devine, Lilian Brandt (1919)
"Nature seems to set up such a defense against overconsumption of lemon juice and
many other things which, if taken in excess, become injurious. ..."
6. Revitalize Your Life: Improve Your Looks, Your Health & Your Sex Lifeby Jack Lalanne by Jack Lalanne (2003)
"Not only plaque, but the overconsumption of sugar also affects the teeth. A good
example of this is our son Dan, who at 13 years of age took to chewing gurn ..."
7. Alternative Ways of Life in Contemporary Europe by Andrzej Siciński, Monica Wemegah (1983)
"Let us for instance, have a look at the problem of overconsumption. Representatives
of the various tendencies belonging to the family of thought examined ..."
8. Speaking of Liberty by Llewellyn H. Rockwell (2003)
"In the same way that a government price ceiling would cause overconsumption of
any good—whether eggs, gas, or electricity—distortions of the interest rate ..."
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