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- noun Plural form of
overconsumer .
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Examples
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By the way, my previous cable internet provider did something like you propose - they'd contact "overconsumers" and "work something out", but that usually meant guilting or bullying them into more expensive subscriptions.
Stormy's Corner 2008
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Because it's a little bit ugly to be overconsumers.
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I think we can be healthy consumers and keep the economy going without being overconsumers and getting back into this mess again.
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Brundtland is excellent on three of the four necessary conditions for sustainability: first, producing more with less (e.g., conservation, efficiency, technological improvements, and recycling); second, reducing the population explosion; and third, redistribution from overconsumers to the poor.
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