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(o-ver-use) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to use something too much or too often.

Example Sentence

The crops did not grow because of the overuse of the farmland.

More Example Sentences

You can overuse a word in your writing.

Synonyms

abuse; misuse; overutilize

Antonyms

conserve; limit; minimize

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Rhymes

  • blue's
  • blues
  • blues'
  • boos
  • booz
  • booze
  • brews
  • bruise
  • bruse
  • buse
  • buus
  • chews
  • choose
  • chuse
  • clews
  • clues
  • coups
  • crew's
  • crewes
  • crews
  • cruise
  • cruse
  • cruz
  • cruze
  • cues
  • dews
  • do's
  • drewes
  • drews
  • druse
  • druze
  • dues
  • ewes
  • flus
  • foos
  • fuse
  • glues
  • goos
  • groos
  • guse
  • hewes
  • hews
  • hoos
  • hues
  • hughes
  • hughes'
  • hughs
  • huse
  • jews
  • jews'
  • joos
  • kloos
  • koos
  • kruse
  • kuse
  • kuze
  • leu's
  • loos
  • lose
  • lou's
  • luiz
  • luse
  • meuse
  • mewes
  • mews
  • moos
  • muise
  • muse
  • news
  • news'
  • oohs
  • ooohs
  • ooze
  • pews
  • pru's
  • pughs
  • q's
  • q.'s
  • q.s
  • ques
  • queues
  • roos
  • roose
  • ruse
  • schmooze
  • screws
  • shoe's
  • shoes
  • shrews
  • skewes
  • skews
  • snooze
  • soos
  • sous
  • spews
  • stew's
  • stews
  • strews
  • sues
  • tewes
  • tews
  • theus
  • throughs
  • two's
  • twos
  • u's
  • u.'s
  • u.s
  • use
  • views
  • who's
  • whose
  • woo's
  • woos
  • wu's
  • yew's
  • yoos
  • yu's
  • zoo's
  • zoos
  • zue's

  • abuse
  • accrues
  • accuse
  • amuse
  • bemuse
  • canoes
  • cebu's
  • confuse
  • defuse
  • diffuse
  • ensues
  • enthuse
  • eschews
  • excuse
  • infuse
  • jammu's
  • mahfouz
  • miscues
  • misuse
  • peru's
  • peruse
  • primenews
  • pursues
  • recuse
  • refuse
  • renews
  • reuse
  • review's
  • reviews
  • revues
  • shampoos
  • suffuse
  • taboos
  • tattoos
  • toulouse
  • transfuse
  • worldnews

  • disabuse
  • kangaroos
  • overuse
  • santa-cruz
  • underuse
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