overusing

present participle of overuse
as in stereotyping
to use so much as to make less appealing she had overused that joke to the point where it was eliciting groans and not guffaws

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“Overusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overusing. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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