overuse
Example Sentences
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Water was scarce; wetlands and lakes turned into swamps through soil erosion and overuse.
I skim one article, feeling sick to my stomach as I read the words “overuse injury” and “could lead to a stress fracture” and “weeks or months to resolve.”
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
But they can certainly be overused by casual consumers — so much so that the apps become a bad habit.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
