as in overused
to use so much as to make less appealing
seeking to capitalize on its only breakout hit, the network fatally overexposed the game show by scheduling it every night of the week
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Recent Examples of overexposed
In the end, the Guardians’ leverage arms were overexposed, and their bats ran out of magic.
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Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Without shelter or sufficient support, this group is consistently overexposed to summer temperatures.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
He’s not being overexposed, which should keep him relatively productive and healthy.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2025
We are not overexposed in China.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
If most of your liabilities reprice simultaneously, you’re overexposed.
—Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Without shelter or sufficient support, this group is consistently overexposed to summer temperatures.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
He’s not being overexposed, which should keep him relatively productive and healthy.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2025
We are not overexposed in China.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
If most of your liabilities reprice simultaneously, you’re overexposed.
—Meelan Gupta, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overexposed
Verb
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Shea butter and cocoa butter are thick and great ingredients that generally can’t be overused.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, both can cause side effects if overused.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The New York Giants fired head coach Brian Daboll on Monday after a 2-8 start to the 2025 NFL season and a string of fourth-quarter collapses that left ownership exhausted and fans demanding change.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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The team concentrated on stars that had recently entered the post-main sequence phase, having exhausted their hydrogen, and identified just 130 planets and planet candidates orbiting nearby – 33 of which had not been detected before.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Among many challenges, the next president of the church will navigate how to lead a global church from its American headquarters – a church that continues to be misunderstood and stereotyped, sometimes to the point of violence.—
Brittany Romanello,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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Mormons have also sometimes been falsely stereotyped as being polygamists because some of their early founders and members were, but the group banned polygamy in 1890.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, older kids can get bored with products intended for younger children.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
6 Nov. 2025
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The mathematician John Wallis, recounting the story in 1693, didn’t say whether Rupert wrote a proof or bored a hole through an actual cube.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Overexposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overexposed. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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