overuse
verb (used with object)
to use too much or too often.
were overusing
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past progressiveof overuse.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This time around, there will, presumably, be a cessation in the squabbling that arose last season, when Harvey’s agent, Boras, publicly questioned whether the Mets were overusing his client.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2016
Yet the high jump in Medicaid spending for community-based rehab led state health officials and lawmakers to raise concerns that providers were overusing costly rehabilitation in order to receive higher Medicaid reimbursements.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2016
But in 2010, Alberta’s provincial government made these so-called weed-and-feed compounds off-limits for sale to individuals, in response to concerns homeowners were overusing them and that chemical runoff could contaminate water bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2015
Clements' death exposed several problems in the department, including whether parolees were being monitored properly and whether correction officials were overusing solitary confinement — a question Clements was working to address.
From US News ● Oct. 29, 2014
Pfizer’s tanezumab may have increased joint problems in some people because it worked too well, reducing the pain that could have signaled to patients that they were overusing fragile bones, researchers said in a Sept.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 27, 2010
