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OVERUTILIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overutilization mean?
• OVERUTILIZATION (noun)
The noun OVERUTILIZATION has 1 sense:
1. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Familiarity information: OVERUTILIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
overexploitation; overuse; overutilisation; overutilization
Hypernyms ("overutilization" is a kind of...):
development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)
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