overapplication
English edit
Etymology edit
over- + application
Noun edit
overapplication (countable and uncountable, plural overapplications)
- The act of overapplying.
- 1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution:
- The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...