overfeed
Example Sentences
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Don’t overfeed the shrub; an annual dressing with compost is sufficient and won’t produce green growth at the expense of flowers.
From Seattle Times
"We gave her a little bit of food, being careful not to overfeed her," she said.
From BBC
But we were overfeeding her because she has more mouths to feed.”
From Seattle Times
He said his only quibble with Hurtado is that he thinks he’s overfeeding the birds.
From Los Angeles Times
Salmon farmers sometimes inadvertently overfeed their stock, and the uneaten feed promotes the growth of algal blooms that deoxygenate the water as they decompose.
From Scientific American
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