adjective
- consumed in excessive amounts or to an excessive degree
Usage: often used in economic or environmental contexts
Examples
- Natural resources have been overconsumed by industrial nations.
- The overconsumed fish species needed time to recover.
- Energy sources became overconsumed during the economic boom.
- The overconsumed water supply led to drought conditions.
- Many overconsumed materials are now scarce in the market.
- The forest was overconsumed by logging companies.