Antibiotics are overused.
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Overused
Synonyms for "overused" (31 found)
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Adjective(6 words)
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hackneyed phrase
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8 entriesgrandiloquizeoverconsumeoverdependenceoverelaborateoverrelianceoverused phraseoverused termoverutilize
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11 entriesoveruse languageoveruse medicationsoveruse of antibioticsoveruse of dataoveruse of resourcesoverused descriptoroverused expressionoverused phraseoverused stereotypeoverused termoverused trope
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"Awesome" is an overused word.
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My hovercraft is full of jokes that have been overused to the point where only a small chuckle at best can be elicited from them.
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That's a very overused cliché.
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