overoperate
/ˌoʊvərˈɑpəˌreɪt/
verb
- To operate (a machine, system, or business) too much or beyond its normal limits, often causing damage or inefficiency.
- Farmers sometimes overoperate their irrigation systems, wasting water and flooding the fields.
- If you overoperate the engine, it will overheat and break down.
- The manager warned the team not to overoperate the new software by running too many tasks at once.
- To perform surgery unnecessarily or too aggressively on a patient.
- The doctor was accused of overoperating on patients to increase his income.
- The hospital reviewed cases where doctors might have overoperated on minor injuries.
- A good surgeon knows when not to overoperate and let the body heal naturally.
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