1. overused - Adjective
2. overused - Verb
used too much, or too often
(of a word or phrase) hackneyed or clichéd
Fowler accuses field of being overused.
overused
simple past and past participle of overuse
Well, I think "likability” is an overused word. I don't watch people 'cause I like them; I watch them because they're compelling. Sympathetic is a little different ... Likable just thins you out. Working to make a character likable is what kills most TV shows. Louis C.K.
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near. Fritz Kreisler
The weapons an author has at her disposal are flawed. There are words that feel shapeless and overused. Love, for example. I could write the word love a thousand times and it would mean a thousand different things to different readers. Jodi Picoult
I just feel like sometimes I'm a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It's not easy being me. Ben Affleck
I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white. Artur Davis
Worldwide is an overused word. But it's true that being known has given me new ideas and a chance to get to know new people who think in different ways. I want to hear myself referred to as Elie Saab, without labels or titles. Elie Saab