overconsume

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ consume.

Verb

overconsume (third-person singular simple present overconsumes, present participle overconsuming, simple past and past participle overconsumed)

  1. To consume too much.
    • 2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times:
      I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.