overapplication

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Latin plicō

Latin applicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin applicātiōbor.

Old French aplicacionbor.

Middle English applicacioun

English application

English overapplication

From over- + application.

Noun

overapplication (countable and uncountable, plural overapplications)

1. The act of overapplying.
   • 1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution:

     The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...