overemploy

English

Etymology

over- +‎ employ

Verb

overemploy (third-person singular simple present overemploys, present participle overemploying, simple past and past participle overemployed)

1. To overuse.
   • 2015 October 22, Alastair Macaulay, “Review: American Ballet Theater’s Opening Gala”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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).