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Definition of Overuse
1. Verb. Make use of too often or too extensively.
2. Noun. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
Generic synonyms: Development, Exploitation
Derivative terms: Overexploit
Definition of Overuse
1. Verb. To use too much ¹
2. Noun. excessive use ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overuse
1. to use too much [v -USED, -USING, -USES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overuse
Literary usage of Overuse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style Into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson (2005)
"AKA overuse of exclamation mark. Student Error Behind the Error Don't use it (an
exclamation point) unless you must to achieve a certain effect. ..."
2. The Healthy child from two to seven by Francis Hamilton Mccarthy (1922)
"overuse OF THE WORD "DON'T" Probably most parents of young children will admit
that they overuse the word "Don't", and that they often use the word ..."
3. A Manual of the Mechanics of Writing by Raymond Woodbury Pence (1921)
"The Exclamation Point overuse of. 8. The exclamation point is frequently used
too often by inexperienced writers. It should not be employed when another ..."
4. Physical Fitness: A Guide for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by David F. Apple, Jr. (1996)
"This chapter reviews several overuse injuries of the upper limb that are frequently
... A GENERALIZED APPROACH TO overuse INJURIES Definition Most ..."
5. Images of Israel by Hanan Isachar, Danny Ben-Tal, Hedva Isachar Canetti (1994)
"The lower portion of the Dead Sea is drying up both because of overuse of the
waters of the Jordan River, which is the main source of the Dead Sea, ..."
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