overapplication

noun

overapplication

noun

Etymology From over- + application.

1

The act of overapplying.

The misapplication of justice can result in injustice in either of two ways: its overapplication, beyond the domain of actual interaction...1995, Andrew Bard Schmookler, The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution:

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