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overconsume

overconsume verb: to consume too much.

Verb

overconsume (third-person singular simple present overconsumes, present participle overconsuming, simple past and past participle overconsumed)

  1. To consume too much.
    • I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times

Forms of overconsume

third-person singular presentoverconsumes
present participleoverconsuming
past participleoverconsumed
pastoverconsumed

Origin of overconsume

From over- + consume.

Words formed from overconsume

Questions about overconsume

What does overconsume mean?
Overconsume means to consume too much.
What part of speech is overconsume?
Overconsume is a verb.
What is the past tense of overconsume?
The past tense of overconsume is overconsumed.

Words near overconsume in the dictionary

  1. overconstrains
  2. overconstruct
  3. overconstructed
  4. overconstructing
  5. overconstructs
  6. overconsume
  7. overconsumed
  8. overconsumer
  9. overconsumers
  10. overconsumes
  11. overconsuming

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