Converse of object

• avoid: However, do try to avoid the overuse of direct quotations; try to paraphrase the author's work where possible.

• prevent: Has his stance been effective in preventing overuse of anesthetists?

• do: Did the overuse of prison ' cause ' crime between 1951 and 1971, or was prison not being used enough?

Converse of subject

• cause: Has my cataract been caused by overuse of my eyes?

Adjective modifier

• chronic: Unfortunately, the muscles finally succumb to the strain of chronic overuse.

Modifies a noun

• smileys: Try not to overuse smileys, tho, as they can quickly render a post unreadable.

• syndrome: Guidance note for the prevention of occupational overuse syndrome in keyboard employment.

• injury: In sports medicine the term ' overuse injury ' is used.

• phenomenon: Perry, J. Barnes, G. , & Gronley, J. K. ( 1988 ) The post-polio syndrome: An overuse phenomenon.

Modifying Another Word

• not: They do not overuse the keywords, avoiding spam.

Noun used with modifier

• medication: Exclusions were sensible, and included more than 15 headache days a month, and symptomatic medication overuse.

• muscle: For the symptomatic strong, the extent of muscle overuse ranged from two to three muscles.

Preposition: of

• antibiotic: The overuse of antibiotics may have a similar effect.

• pesticide: Many workers are also facing health problems due to overuse of toxic pesticides.

• muscle: The syndrome can also be caused by overuse of the muscle.

• drug: You could use that exact same statement to describe the overuse of prescription drugs.

• word: The editor should have had a " robust conversation " with the authors about their overuse of the word " robust " .

• resource: Examples are major climate change, overuse of freshwater resources, or collapse of globally significant fish stocks.