overemploy en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + employ.
Meanings
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To overuse.
He overemploys several constructions — most obviously dance trios in which the three dancers all follow the same figure-eight floor pattern — and several steps (notably the Bournonville grand jeté, an advancing jump toward the audience with back leg held at an angle).
2015 October 22, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: American Ballet Theater’s Opening Gala”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overemployed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overemployed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overemploys | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overemploying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |