1. overuse - Noun
2. overuse - Verb
make use of too often or too extensively
exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Source: WordNetImagination is an infinite resource that cannot be diminished by overuse or underuse. Patch Adams
That phrase, "loss of innocence," has become stale with overuse and diminishing returns; no other culture is so addicted to this narcissistic impression of itself as having any innocence to lose in the first place. Christopher Hitchens
Of all the depressing abuses of language in business, there is none that gets me so incensed as the rampant overuse of the word 'passionate' in company slogans, marketing blurbs, mission statements and on the sides of vans. Tom Hodgkinson
When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it. Al Michaels
Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse. Denis Waitley
The words I overuse are all adverbs. Sam Shepard