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over used

verb as in wear down

verb as in wear down

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Example Sentences

After her death, Whitney Houston was described, rightly for such an over-used word, as an icon.

After eight continuous years of war, rebuilding that badly over-used Army is becoming an urgent national problem.

If any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.

This method is well adapted to younger children; and this very reason makes it a danger when over-used with more advanced pupils.

It was as if he were sinking in on himself—as if the great muscles and sinews were relaxing like elastic that has been over-used.

Consonant chords represent stability, satisfaction and, when over-used, inertia.

He was not over-used to his business, for he began the opening chapter in rather school-boy fashion.

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On this page you'll find 721 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-used, such as: corny, dull, mass-produced, overused, stale, and standardized.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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