overapplication

English

Etymology

over- +‎ application

Noun

overapplication (countable and uncountable, plural overapplications)

  1. The act of overapplying.
    • 1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution:
      The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...
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