overapplication

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noun

The act of overapplying.

OriginEnglish application ← Middle English applicacioun ← Old French aplicacion →
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Meanings

nounoverapplication (countable and uncountable, plural overapplications)

plural overapplications

  1. countableuncountableThe act of overapplying.

    The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...

    1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Latinapplicātiō
  8. Old Frenchaplicacion
  9. Middle Englishapplicacioun
  10. Englishapplication
  11. Englishoverapplication

From over- + application.

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APA

overapplication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapplication

MLA

“overapplication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapplication. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overapplication,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overapplication.

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