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overexploited

overexploited is the simple past and past participle of overexploit.

Meaning of overexploit

Verb

overexploit (third-person singular simple present overexploits, present participle overexploiting, simple past and past participle overexploited)

  1. To exploit excessively.
    • Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilize
    Synonyms:
    overuse, overutilize

Questions about overexploited

What is overexploited the simple past and past participle of?
Overexploited is the simple past and past participle of overexploit.

Words near overexploited in the dictionary

  1. overexplicitness
  2. overexploit
  3. overexploitation
  4. overexploitations
  5. overexploitative
  6. overexploited
  7. overexploiting
  8. overexploits
  9. overexplored
  10. overexpose
  11. overexposed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overexploited (page history and authors); overexploit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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