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overapplication

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  • noun The act of overapplying.

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Examples

  • Punishment fits the crime for punishment fits the crime proctor's overapplication.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Purgatory Machine - Richard Harland Blue Tyson 2007

  • Punishment fits the crime for punishment fits the crime proctor's overapplication.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Borderlands 02 - Stephen Dedman Blue Tyson 2007

  • But as Frasca, Mateas, and I have argued, the real disagreeent seems to be one between ludology and narrativism, or the overapplication of story to games.

    Against Exceptionalism: A New Approach to Games 2006

  • The purpose of the N-Trak system was to reduce the overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer in cornfields, saving money for the farmer and reducing nitrogen runoff and the resulting environmental problems.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • The purpose of the N-Trak system was to reduce the overapplication of nitrogen fertilizer in cornfields, saving money for the farmer and reducing nitrogen runoff and the resulting environmental problems.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003

  • "Certainly the overapplication of pesticides is one of them."

    NYT > Home Page By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS 2011

  • And when there's severe pressure to maximize yields, such as that faced by U.S. corn farmers, heavy overapplication becomes a matter of survival.

    Grist - the latest from Grist 2010

  • While computerized systems seek to reduce the overapplication or misuse of care, they do little to prompt greater and more widespread health-care practices that are known to be effective.

    Extreme Wisdom 2009

  • While computerized systems seek to reduce the overapplication or misuse of care, they do little to prompt greater and more widespread health-care practices that are known to be effective.

    Extreme Wisdom Bruno Behrend 2009

  • Not to forget, but #3, Nazi Pelosi has clearly damaged her frontal lobes through overapplication of botox.

    Latest Articles 2009

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