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overuseo‧ver‧use /ˌəʊvəˈjuːz $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEoveruse |
Present | I, you, we, they | overuse | | he, she, it | overuses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overused | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overused | | he, she, it | has overused | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overused | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overuse | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overused |
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Present | I | am overusing | | he, she, it | is overusing | | you, we, they | are overusing | Past | I, he, she, it | was overusing | | you, we, they | were overusing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overusing | | he, she, it | has been overusing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overusing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overusing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overusing |
- Ed tends to overuse management jargon.
- But be sure later to learn specific items and don't overuse the generic terms.
- Focus on certain muscle groups for sports that tend to overuse specific muscles.
- Many kindergarten and first-grade classrooms probably overuse memorized texts.
to use something too much, especially so that it is not effective anymore or it is damaged: Students tend to overuse certain words.—overuse /-ˈjuːs/ noun [uncountable]: the overuse of natural resources |