overusedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈjuːzd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈjuzd/ Used to excess or too frequently.
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1860 Let. 16 Jan. in J. Weiss Life & Corr. T. Parker (1864) II. xxviii. 408 My theory of treatment for him has always been rest for his weak and over-used lungs.
1912 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 9 305 It is worth while to suggest for musical description a set of analogies other than the overused (and often absurd) ones of painting and architecture.
1939 Times 2 Mar. 10 Tokyo's spokesmen harp on that grossly overused word ‘insincerity’ in their references to China and her leaders.
2002 Evening Standard 28 May 11/3 Introducing congestion charging and road-tolling specifically targeted at over-used roads and bottlenecks would ultimately benefit all motorists.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to tell the bees
- to tell the clock
- to shout from the housetops
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- to shout on the housetops
- to shout something from the house-top
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- to shout the odds
- to shout to
- to shout up, out of bed
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