🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

과다 사용된

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gwada sayongdoen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Overutilized/ˌoʊ.vɚˈjuː.t̬əl.aɪzd/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"과다 사용된 예산으로 인해 추가 프로젝트가 중단되었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Exhausted or worn out through being used too much or beyond capacity.

    "The hospital's intensive care units remained overutilized throughout the winter season."
As verb
  1. 1

    Past tense and past participle of overutilize: to make excessive use of something.

    "The company overutilized its delivery fleet, leading to frequent mechanical breakdowns."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix over- (from Old English ofer, meaning 'beyond' or 'excessively') combined with utilize, which entered English in the late 18th century from French utiliser, ultimately rooted in the Latin utilis ('useful'). The past participle form functions to describe resources, capacities, or individuals that have been put to use beyond their optimal or sustainable limits.

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🇫🇷French → English

surutilisé

Transliteration: syrytilize

"Ce réseau de transport est fortement surutilisé aux heures de pointe."

🇩🇪German → English

überstrapaziert

Transliteration: yːbɐʃtʁapaˈtsiːɐ̯t

"Die medizinischen Ressourcen waren während der Krise stark überstrapaziert."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sovrautilizzato

Transliteration: sovrautilizzato

"Questo impianto è stato sovrautilizzato per molti anni senza manutenzione."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

sobreutilizado

Transliteration: sobreutilizado

"El suelo agrícola está sobreutilizado debido a la intensa producción."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

sobreutilizado

Transliteration: sobɾewtiliˈzadu

"O equipamento foi sobreutilizado e agora precisa de reparos."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अत्यधिक उपयोग किया गया

Transliteration: atyadhik upyog kiya gaya

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"अस्पताल के संसाधन इस महामारी के दौरान अत्यधिक उपयोग किए गए।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

过度使用的

Transliteration: guòdù shǐyòng de

Script: 中文汉字

"过度使用的服务器导致了系统崩溃。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

과다 사용된

Transliteration: gwada sayongdoen

Script: 한국어 한글

"과다 사용된 예산으로 인해 추가 프로젝트가 중단되었습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

過剰利用された

Transliteration: kajō riyō sareta

Script: 日本語

"その設備は過剰利用されていて老朽化が進んでいる。"

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