overconsume
English
Etymology
over- + consume
Verb
overconsume (third-person singular simple present overconsumes, present participle overconsuming, simple past and past participle overconsumed)
- To consume too much.
- 2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times:
- I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.
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Related terms
- overconsumption