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- verb Present participle of
overconsume .
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Examples
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It's not a matter of consumers slightly overconsuming, they are consuming much more than they should or even than is good for them, not because they want to, but because they're forced to by the doctors.
Finkelstein on Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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People have been consuming and overconsuming alcohol for millenia.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Richard Thaler Responds to Critics of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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People have been consuming and overconsuming alcohol for millenia.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Richard Thaler Responds to Critics of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Yet historically, interventions aimed at stabilizing global population have usually been driven by those in the overconsuming regions of the world and have often ignored the fact of vastly unequal consumption patterns.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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Yet historically, interventions aimed at stabilizing global population have usually been driven by those in the overconsuming regions of the world and have often ignored the fact of vastly unequal consumption patterns.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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No single factor can explain the fall of dynasties, but environmental historians believe individuals or civilizations often bring about their own annihilation by losing touch with their roots, overconsuming or failing to recognize ecological limits.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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In Evo's vision, this cosmology offers a path to save civilization from its overconsuming ways.
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Yet historically, interventions aimed at stabilizing global population have usually been driven by those in the overconsuming regions of the world and have often ignored the fact of vastly unequal consumption patterns.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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In Evo's vision, this cosmology offers a path to save civilization from its overconsuming ways.
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Yet historically, interventions aimed at stabilizing global population have usually been driven by those in the overconsuming regions of the world and have often ignored the fact of vastly unequal consumption patterns.
THE STORY OF STUFF Annie Leonard 2010
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