OVEREXPLOIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Exploit excessively

Example:

We should not overexploit our natural resources

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "overexploit" is one way to...):

exploit; tap (draw from; make good use of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

overexploitation (exploitation to the point of diminishing returns)