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Spanish
Etymology
From sobre- + uso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sobɾeˈuso/
- Rhymes: -uso
- Syllabification: so‧bre‧u‧so
Noun
sobreuso m (plural sobreusos)
- overuse
- Synonym: abuso
2017 December 5, “El Día de la Medicina en las Américas”, in Vanguardia:Desde otra mirada, la sociedad ha cambiado sus patrones de confianza, otorgando demasiado peso a la tecnología, de tal manera que hoy coinciden médicos y pacientes en otorgar a los aparatos digitales una confianza excesiva, que ha redundado en un sobreuso de la tecnología, que a su vez ha propiciado intervenciones innecesarias y riesgosas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)