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overutilization

overutilization \overutilization\ n. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.

Syn: overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation.

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overutilization

n. Excessive utilization; overuse.

WordNet
overutilization

n. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns [syn: overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation]

Usage examples of "overutilization".

That letter, more than any other experience, made me realize that our medical system had inadvertently been constructed to depend upon and reward overutilization of facilities and services, thereby fostering its own rising costs.