overused

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adjective

Used too much, or too often.

Similar
overdoneoverworkedplayed outbanalbatheticbromidiccheesystock
OriginEnglish used ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

adjectiveoverused (comparative more overused, superlative most overused)

comparative more overused · superlative most overused

  1. Used too much, or too often.
  2. Hackneyed or clichéd.

    Synonyms: overdone, overworked, played out, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overuse

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHackneyed or clichéd.

Similar
overdoneoverworkedplayed outbanalbatheticbromidiccheesystockclichédcommonplacecornydog-earedhackneyedhoaryoverdoneoverworkedpatplayed outshopworn
Also see
banalbatheticbeatenbromidicclichédcommonplaceconventionalcornyhackneyhackneyedoverdoneoverworkedpatplayed outshopwornstalethreadbaretimeworntiredtritewarmed-overwell-worn

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishused
  8. Englishoverused

From over- + used.

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Translations

French abusé, usé
  • abuséused too much
  • uséhackneyed, cliché
Swedish överanvänd, kliché
  • överanvändused too much
  • klichéhackneyed, cliché
  • uttjatadhackneyed, cliché

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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