over-use

verb

1. to use excessively

noun

1. excessive use

Example Sentences

However, many complaints raised by patients with Disclosure - including over-use of medication and sedative injections, being made to clean up their own blood from self-harming and being aggressively restrained by staff - do not feature in the commission's reports.

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Others reported the over-use of medication and sedative injections so the staff could have a quiet shift, leaving patients like "walking zombies".

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Jenna said staff would over-use intramuscular sedative injections when patients were in distress.

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The substance can cause headaches and make some users anxious or paranoid, while over-use can make people faint or lose consciousness.

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The substance - which is sold in metal canisters - can cause headaches and make some users anxious or paranoid, while over-use can make people faint or lose consciousness.

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