overconsume

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verb

To consume too much.

OriginEnglish consume ← Middle English consumen ← Old French consumer →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person overconsumes · participle present overconsuming · participle past overconsumed · past 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
overeat

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  13. Proto-Italic*supo
  14. Latinsub
  15. Latinsub-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  18. Proto-Italic*emō
  19. Latinemō
  20. Latinsūmō
  21. Latincōnsūmō
  22. Old Frenchconsumer
  23. Middle Englishconsumen
  24. Englishconsume
  25. Englishoverconsume

From over- + consume.

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APA

overconsume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsume

MLA

“overconsume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsume. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overconsume,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overconsume.

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