overapplying
Putting on excess
Overapplying is putting on too much of something or using something more than appropriate.
You can overapply fertilizer to a lawn, overapply makeup, or overapply a rule where it doesn't belong: The teacher kept overapplying grammar corrections to creative writing.
The word suggests excess that diminishes rather than helps.
Exceeding safe dosage
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
- drenchingMaking thoroughly wet
- soakingCompletely saturated with liquid
excessive · too much · slathering · squirting · pumping · overspreading · coating
Excessively fervent or eager
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- overeagerToo keen
overenthusiastic · fervent · intense · fixated · relentless · unrestrained · immoderate · overcommitted
Employing to excess
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
- smotheringDepriving of air
inundating · flooding · overwhelming · swamping · glutting · oversaturating · overkill · oversupply
Dried into a hard coating
- thickHaving great depth
- heavyOf great mass
- cakeyThickly layered, dry-looking
- overdoneExcessive in degree
plastered · layered · clumpy · garish · masklike · unblended · streaky · heavy-handed
Rigorous, without flexibility
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- literalistOne rejecting figurative meaning
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
legalistic · bureaucratic · overregulating · stickler · doctrinaire · dogmatic · by-the-book · zero-tolerance
overdosing
Exceeding safe dosage
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
- drenchingMaking thoroughly wet
soaking · excessive · too much · slathering · squirting · pumping · overspreading · coating
overzealous
Excessively fervent or eager
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
overeager · overenthusiastic · fervent · intense · fixated · relentless · unrestrained · immoderate · overcommitted · hypervigilant
overusing
Employing to excess
- overdoingExcessive effort or action
- overloadingExceeding safe capacity
- saturatingFilling to total capacity
smothering · inundating · flooding · overwhelming · swamping · glutting · oversaturating · overkill · oversupply · overabundance
caked
Dried into a hard coating
overdone · plastered · layered · clumpy · garish · masklike · unblended · streaky · heavy-handed · pancake
strict
Rigorous, without flexibility
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- literalistOne rejecting figurative meaning
pedantic · legalistic · bureaucratic · overregulating · stickler · doctrinaire · dogmatic · by-the-book · zero-tolerance · draconian
overapplyingunderapplying
Applying too sparingly
underusing · rationing · underutilizing · scrimping · withholding
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