overuse
verb /əʊvəˈjuːz 
/ [with object]
/ [with object]Use too much: young children sometimes overuse ‘and’ in their writing...
- I want to know what checks there are in place to make sure people are not abusing or overusing those phones.
- Humanity is overusing the Earth's resources by 20 per cent and by current trends, would need two planet Earth's by 2050 to live sustainably.
- I disagree with the conclusion we're overusing the Reserves.
Synonyms
hackneyed, overworked, worn out, time-worn, worn, tired, played out, stereotyped, clichéd, threadbare, stale, trite, banal, stock, hack, unoriginal, derivative, platitudinous
informal hacky
noun /əʊvəˈjuːs / [mass noun]
/ [mass noun]Excessive use: overuse of natural resources...
- We have tried to reinfuse words like freedom and rights with the power they once had, but they have become too degraded by overuse.
- The authors also question whether it is the best way to address overuse of the system.
- And cellular carriers can insert fine print into their contracts to prevent network overuse.
- overcommit
- overcommitment
- overcommon
- overcompensate
- overcompensatingly
- overcompensation
- overcompensatory
- overcomplicate
- overcompound
- over-compounded
- overcompounding
- overconfidence
- overconfident
- overconfidently
- overconsolidated
- overconsolidation
- overconsumption
- overcook
- overcool
- overcooled
- overcooling
- overcorrect
- overcorrected
- overcorrection
- over-costly