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  • verb Present participle of overapply.

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Examples

  • Still, I’m concerned that everyone seems to be responding to the idea of overapplying the concept of symbolic violence.

    Bourdieu for Dummy. | Mind on Fire 2007

  • Edwards, perhaps overapplying trial lawyer skills, seems to believe that if you stand on a podium and emote more than the other guy, you can single-handedly get what you want.

    Edwards' New Strategy Against Obama: Who Can Best Deliver Change, A Lover Or A Fighter? 2009

  • "Occam's Razor, in the applicable the formulation, is a tool, not a rule, and while it can certainly be useful, we should be wary of overapplying it."

    A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

  • Occam's Razor, in the applicable the formulation, is a tool, not a rule, and while it can certainly be useful, we should be wary of overapplying it.

    A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

  • ''We're very, very nervous about overapplying the research,'' Loewenstein says.

    Scientific Self-help, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • I think the problem with Poison was that just too many people were wearing that scent back in its heyday, and overapplying it.

    Love, Hate & Revulsion: My Perfume Hall Of Shame Marina Geigert 2007

  • John R, regarding your final paragraph on #16, I guess my question would be who is overapplying, us or Bourdieu?

    Bourdieu for Dummy. | Mind on Fire 2007

  • Preserva's website preservaproducts.com to avoid overapplying the product, allow enough for wood penetration and to wipe off excess material immediately.

    SFGate: Top News Stories sweatequity@sfchronicle.com (Bill Burnett 2011

  • Follow the instructions on the packaging to be sure you are not overapplying deicer and increasing the risk of harm to the environment. magnesium acetate-based product since those formulas are salt free and have a lower likelihood of damaging plants and soil, as well as concrete surfaces.

    Center for American Progress 2009

  • The only way this sort of overapplying the booga-booga is going to be solved or even looked at with some sort of rational eye is if an actual case makes it through the courts. brigid_fitch: Stupid law then, even more stupid now.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

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