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Utilize vs Overutilize - What's the difference?

utilize | overutilize |

As verbs the difference between utilize and overutilize

is that utilize is while overutilize is to utilize too much.

utilize

English

Alternative forms

* utilise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(utiliz)

    • Usage notes

    * See usage notes at utilise .

    Derived terms

    * utilization * utilizable * utilizer

    overutilize

    English

    Verb

    (overutiliz)
  • To utilize too much.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 28, author=Brad Stone, title=Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“In the event of congestion, the half percent of people who are overutilizing an excessive amount of capacity will be slowed down subtly until capacity is restored,” the chief technology officer for Comcast, Tony G. Werner, said. }}

    Related terms

    * overutilization * overutilizer