overservice

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noun

over·​ser·​vice ˌō-vər-ˈsər-vəs 

: an excessive or unnecessary degree of service

… I discourage individuals talking about overservice to any group because there are far more eligible in any group than we have the capacity to serve.

—Susan Cleere Flores

overservice

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verb

overserviced; overservicing

transitive + intransitive

: to service (someone or something) unnecessarily or to an excessive degree

Lawyers who charge exorbitant fees and overservice clients will be the target of an inquiry …

—Alex Mitchell

All provinces dream of putting an end to fee-for-service medicine because it provides strong incentives to doctors to overservice their patients.

—Jane Coutts

Because a faceless third party is paying the bill, there is a perverse incentive for patients to overutilise medical services and for providers to overservice.

—Claire Bisseker

… sought to close five hospitals located in areas he thought were overserviced …

—Gale Scott

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1816, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1917, in the meaning defined above