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Overuse   /ˌoʊvərjˈuz/   Listen
Overuse

verb
1.
Make use of too often or too extensively.  Synonym: overdrive.
noun
1.
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.  Synonyms: overexploitation, overutilisation, overutilization.






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"Overuse" Quotes from Famous Books



... the tools. Mr. Yardo loaded the fish-boat with all it would take. I crawl back and return with a fifteen inch expanding beam-lever, and overuse it; the jammed trap door does not slide back in its grooves but flips right out of them, bent double; it flies off into the dark and clangs ...
— The Lost Kafoozalum • Pauline Ashwell



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