overuse
verb/ˌəʊvəˈjuːz/
/ˌəʊvərˈjuːz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overuse | /ˌəʊvəˈjuːz/ /ˌəʊvərˈjuːz/ |
| he / she / it overuses | /ˌəʊvəˈjuːzɪz/ /ˌəʊvərˈjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple overused | /ˌəʊvəˈjuːzd/ /ˌəʊvərˈjuːzd/ |
| past participle overused | /ˌəʊvəˈjuːzd/ /ˌəʊvərˈjuːzd/ |
| -ing form overusing | /ˌəʊvəˈjuːzɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈjuːzɪŋ/ |
- overuse something to use something too much or too often
- ‘Nice’ is a very overused word.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOveruse is used with these nouns as the object:- antibiotic
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