overemployment

noun

1

: excessive employment or use

in his case the overemployment of the dash seems appropriate

—Journal of Accountancy

2

: a condition in which the demand for labor in a country or region exceeds the available supply

overemployment caused by inadequacy of labor and other resources compared with all the work needing to be done

—Times Literary Supplement

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