Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overuse
Participle: overused
Gerund: overusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overuse |
| you | overuse |
| he;she;it | overuses |
| we | overuse |
| you | overuse |
| they | overuse |
Perfect
| I | have overused |
| you | have overused |
| he;she;it | has overused |
| we | have overused |
| you | have overused |
| they | have overused |
Past
| I | overused |
| you | overused |
| he;she;it | overused |
| we | overused |
| you | overused |
| they | overused |
Pluperfect
| I | had overused |
| you | had overused |
| he;she;it | had overused |
| we | had overused |
| you | had overused |
| they | had overused |
Future
| I | will overuse |
| you | will overuse |
| he;she;it | will overuse |
| we | will overuse |
| you | will overuse |
| they | will overuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overused |
| you | will have overused |
| he;she;it | will have overused |
| we | will have overused |
| you | will have overused |
| they | will have overused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overuse |
| you | overuse |
| he;she;it | overuse |
| we | overuse |
| you | overuse |
| they | overuse |
Perfect
| I | have overused |
| you | have overused |
| he;she;it | have overused |
| we | have overused |
| you | have overused |
| they | have overused |
Imperfect
| I | overused |
| you | overused |
| he;she;it | overused |
| we | overused |
| you | overused |
| they | overused |
Pluperfect
| I | had overused |
| you | had overused |
| he;she;it | had overused |
| we | had overused |
| you | had overused |
| they | had overused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overuse |
| you | would overuse |
| he;she;it | would overuse |
| we | would overuse |
| you | would overuse |
| they | would overuse |
Perfect
| I | would have overused |
| you | would have overused |
| he;she;it | would have overused |
| we | would have overused |
| you | would have overused |
| they | would have overused |
Imperative
| you | overuse |
| we | Let's overuse |
| you | overuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'overuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overuse'
averse,
everse,
overage,
overawe,
overbusy,
overdose,
overdust,
overdye,
overeye,
overhie,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English use
10. English overuse
11. From over- + use.
Sample Sentences
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Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner [2003, Michael L. Raulin, Abnormal Psychology, Pearson Education, Inc., page 494:]
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On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all. [2009 August 22, Nicholas Kristof, “Food for the Soul”, in The New York Times:]
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Therapeutic zeal is express in a number of ways, some of them quite obvious, others subtle. A therapeutic manner that is too self-assured and controlling is a dead giveaway. Other obvious signs of therapeutic zeal include getting annoyed or openly frustrated with patients who do not change in the way the therapist desires; "blaming" the patient by vidictively attributing lack of results to more severe pathology than was intially assumed; or overusing such terms as passive aggressive and poorly motivated. [2018, John W. Barnhill, Approach to the Psychiatric Patient, page 451:]