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OVEREXPLOIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overexploit mean?
• OVEREXPLOIT (verb)
The verb OVEREXPLOIT has 1 sense:
1. exploit excessively
Familiarity information: OVEREXPLOIT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exploit excessively
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
We should not overexploit our natural resources
Hypernyms (to "overexploit" is one way to...):
exploit; tap (draw from; make good use of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
overexploitation (exploitation to the point of diminishing returns)
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