overexploit

• over-exploit

From over- +‎ exploit.

overexploit (third-person singular simple present overexploits, present participle overexploiting, simple past and past participle overexploited)

1. To exploit excessively.

   Antonyms: underexploit, underuse, underutilize

   Hypernyms: exploit, use, utilize

   Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilize

   The president lamented that his nation's fisheries are woefully overexploited, not least because of foreign fishing fleets with no regard for sustainability.