Excess
Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Overuse and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overuse" instead a noun "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
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Both words in one sentence
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It's Norman's overuse of ARI that's implied to be the cause of his hallucinations, and he takes Triptocaine — again, to excess — to help him deal with the adverse effects of his dives into ARI.
Source: Video Game / Heavy Rain - Rap clichés, including but not limited to: bad rhymes (particularly slant rhyming and Rhyming with Itself), excess bragging (especially by newcomers on their first single), overuse of the N-word, diss tracks, etc.
Source: Web Video / A Dose Of Buckley
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Overuse and Excess. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/overuse
Excess & Overuse. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/overuse>.
Overuse or Excess. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/overuse.
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