overapplication

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ application.

Noun

overapplication (countable and uncountable, plural overapplications)

1. 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...