: to utilize (something) too much : to use (something) excessively or too frequently overutilizing medical services overutilizes credit cards.

What does the term overuse mean?

: to use (something) too much : to use (something) excessively or too frequently a word that has been greatly overused At best, gatekeepers can keep everyone from overusing costly high-tech treatments when primary care is enough.—

What is overutilization in economics?

1. overutilization - exploitation to the point of diminishing returns. overexploitation, overuse, overutilisation. exploitation, development - the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful; "the development of Alaskan resources"; "the exploitation of copper deposits"