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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overconsume .
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Examples
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So everyone feels they have to have it and then everyone overconsumes it.
Insurance as a Prisoners' Dilemma, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In particular, asymmetries in property rights may exacerbate global pollution as the North (with well-defined property rights) overconsumes underpriced resource-intensive products imported from the South
Core Economics 2008
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