OVERUTILISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overutilisation mean? 

• OVERUTILISATION (noun)
  The noun OVERUTILISATION has 1 sense:

1. exploitation to the point of diminishing returns

  Familiarity information: OVERUTILISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERUTILISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

overexploitation; overuse; overutilisation; overutilization

Hypernyms ("overutilisation" is a kind of...):

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)