overapplication
Excessive use of
Overapplication is applying too much of something—fertilizer, sunscreen, a principle, a rule.
The word often appears in contexts where excess causes problems: overapplication of pesticides damages crops, overapplication of a theory stretches it beyond usefulness.
The overapplication of nitrogen led to runoff into the watershed.
Excessive employment of something
- misuseImproper application
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
- overextensionExceeding sustainable capacity
overreach · overwork · overexertion · overconsumption · overindulgence · overload · oversupply · glut
Act of redoing
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- reiterationSaying something again
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
- pleonasmRedundant expression
tautology · verbosity · prolixity · surplus · overabundance · circumlocution · repetitiveness · overage
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
inflation · overemphasis · magnification · overdramatization · overselling · distortion · misrepresentation · aggrandizement
overuse
Excessive employment of something
overextension · overreach · overwork · overexertion · overconsumption · overindulgence · overload · oversupply · glut · surfeit
repetition
Act of redoing
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- reiterationSaying something again
- superfluityExcessive amount beyond necessity
pleonasm · tautology · verbosity · prolixity · surplus · overabundance · circumlocution · repetitiveness · overage · padding
overstatement
Claim beyond the facts
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
dramatization · inflation · overemphasis · magnification · overdramatization · overselling · distortion · misrepresentation · aggrandizement · caricature
overapplicationrestraint
Control over impulses
moderation · judiciousness · temperance · prudence · self-control
apply, application, appliance, applied, applying, applicant, applicable, applies, applicants