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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overexploit en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + exploit.

Meanings

To exploit excessively.
- The president lamented that his nation's fisheries are woefully overexploited, not least because of foreign fishing fleets with no regard for sustainability.
- Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilize

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overexploits	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overexploiting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overexploited	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overexploited	Tense=Past		lexicographic
over-exploit		alternative	lexicographic

Antonyms

underuse · underexploit · underutilize

Hypernyms

utilize · use · exploit

Relateds

overexploitation

Synonyms

overutilize · overuse

Translations (1)

fr surexploiter (exploit excessively)