overemploy

present singular third person overemploys · participle present overemploying · participle past overemployed · past overemployed

1. 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