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overexploit

verb

Etymology

From over- + exploit.

  1. derived from esploit
  2. prefixed as overexploit — “over + exploit”

Definitions

  1. To exploit excessively.

    • Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilize
    • The president lamented that his nation's fisheries are woefully overexploited, not least because of foreign fishing fleets with no regard for sustainability.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overexploit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA