overuses

present tense third-person singular of overuse
as in stereotypes
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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“Overuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overuses. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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