overuse
Example Sentences
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Vulgar language can be effective in a sharp response, but it dulls with overuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The funding package also comes as new data shows that telehealth services do not result in overuse of medical services, which may help allay concerns about runaway usage and funding problems.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026
But the naked eye tells that this was an overuse of force.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026
Subsidence, the gradual sinking or settling of the Earth's surface, can occur through natural geological changes or from human-driven causes such as overuse of groundwater.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2025
They're dull and weak from overuse on Claudine.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
