(~d)
1.
If someone ~s something, they use more of it than necessary, or use it more often than necessary.
Don’t ~ heated appliances on you hair.
VERB: V n
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Overuse is also a noun.
Supplies are under increasing threat from ~ and pollution.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that people ~ a word or idea, you mean that they use it so often that it no longer has any real meaning or effect.
Which words or phrases do you most ~?
VERB: V n
~d
‘Just Do It’ has become one of the most ~d catch phrases in recent memory.
= overworked
ADJ