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- verb To
consume too much.
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Examples
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(Many also contended that we should control costs from the opposite direction, making consumers responsible for more of the cost for each service, and therefore reducing their incentive to "overconsume" health care.)
The New Republic - All Feed Neera Tanden 2010
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(Many also contended that we should control costs from the opposite direction, making consumers responsible for more of the cost for each service, and therefore reducing their incentive to "overconsume" health care.)
The New Republic - All Feed Neera Tanden 2010
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The only problem with that analogy is that, when it comes to the domestic level, the Tories are more than keen for everyone to overconsume, overspend and sling the excess in the wheelie bin.
Weekly rubbish collections? So much for Cameron's war on waste | Sarah Ditum 2011
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As long the plan is paid for with after-tax income, there should be no perverse incentive to overconsume.
Health Care Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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All people will either overutilize or underutilize the healthcare system ... no one will get it perfect ... all things considered, I'd rather err on the side of caution and have people somewhat overconsume in this area.
Finkelstein on Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Thus, the argument goes, HFCS will tend to fill us up less than table sugar, encouraging us to overconsume.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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It is IMPOSSIBLE to overconsume an IP resource by copying it.
Lessig on Copyright, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Thus, the argument goes, HFCS will tend to fill us up less than table sugar, encouraging us to overconsume.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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Thus, the argument goes, HFCS will tend to fill us up less than table sugar, encouraging us to overconsume.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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Thus, the argument goes, HFCS will tend to fill us up less than table sugar, encouraging us to overconsume.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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