overservice
1 of 2noun
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
Susan Cleere Floresoverservice
2 of 2verb
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
Alex MitchellAll provinces dream of putting an end to fee-for-service medicine because it provides strong incentives to doctors to overservice their patients. Jane Coutts
Jane CouttsBecause 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
Claire Bisseker… sought to close five hospitals located in areas he thought were overserviced … Gale Scott
Gale Scott
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1816, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1917, in the meaning defined above
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