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overuse

[oh-ver-yooz, oh-ver-yoos] / ˌoʊ vərˈjuz, ˈoʊ vərˈjus /






VERB
wear down
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They also believe younger players need more protection to avoid overuse injuries, although the ATP and WTA already place restrictions on how many senior tournaments teenagers are allowed to play.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“This is not an AI layoff. Frankly, I think we overuse that as a reason to communicate across the industry,” Goodrazi said.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Last week, I wrote about the overuse of the slang-suffix “-maxxing” in nutritional spaces, underscoring why the rhetoric we use to define how we nourish ourselves matters so greatly.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Backing off, cleaning up mechanics and strengthening the right muscles early can help me prevent a minor irritation from progressing to tendinitis, rotator-cuff pathology or a more-persistent overuse injury.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

The second subsection reviews three issues: the problem of focusing on a description of professional activity rather than an exposition of subject matter, the overuse of apologetic language, and the disadvantages of excessive hedging.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Any agency that overuses its water allotment would face penalties, which it would pass on to its customers.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2022

For this reason, writing that overuses the sentence patterns There are .

From Textbooks Dec. 21, 2021

"Selena + Chef" is an accessible work about process; "Cooking with Paris" is a show pony when famous guests gush over how influential Hilton used to be while she overuses edible glitter.

From Salon Nov. 17, 2021

In the world of the show, Emily is la-di-dah-ing as she overuses Camille on Insta, probably for the cred, while cracking jokes and not thinking about things too much.

From Slate Oct. 15, 2020

He overuses the sidearm slot, but Lock can whip the ball from funky arm angles like few outside of Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers or Matthew Stafford.

From Reuters Apr. 22, 2019

Starmer's allies say the best thing to do is to be better, move faster, govern more effectively, and to show voters "the change" - the most overused, ill-defined couple of words in politics.

From BBC May 9, 2026

The bot and the baby know nothing of the world it describes, besides a handful of overused jargon that, like anything, loses its meaning if repeated enough times.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

But they can certainly be overused by casual consumers — so much so that the apps become a bad habit.

From Salon Mar. 3, 2026

While only one piece of a much larger urban transformation, this uproarious structure, perched at the edge of the Basque city’s industrial waterfront, utterly transformed its image, giving birth to the overused phrase “Bilbao Effect.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2025

They contain Amu’s overused favorite words: “unethical” and “merciless.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

“If you’re overusing AI, that means you’re not doing anything unique as a human in that process, which means you’re going to be even more afraid of AI taking your job,” he said.

From MarketWatch Apr. 11, 2026

I added in the guideline that we shouldn’t sanction an editor just because they start overusing some words or speaking in what’s “seen” as an A.I.-like tone.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2026

My own favorite LLM word is liminal, which ChatGPT, when pressed, claims the “culture” started overusing first.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

The "typical" couple criticise their surroundings "without malice", Fabcaro said, including the low retirement age in Lusitania -- "a little nod to our times", said the screenwriter, adding that he avoids overusing the tactic.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

The thing about Mr. Grayson’s open-door Babycakes policy was that none of the kids wanted to ruin it by overusing it.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold




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