overuse
Example Sentences
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Vulgar language can be effective in a sharp response, but it dulls with overuse.
Water was scarce; wetlands and lakes turned into swamps through soil erosion and overuse.
But here I am, with a mailbox that Jonah can no longer bear to be in the same house with, a cousin who’s not speaking to me, and an overuse injury that’s my own fault.
From Literature
My own favorite LLM word is liminal, which ChatGPT, when pressed, claims the “culture” started overusing first.
She also overuses Bartleby the Scrivener’s line, “I would prefer not to.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
