The phrase "prevent overuse" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to take actions that will stop something from being used too much or excessively. Example: To preserve the limited resources, it is important to prevent overuse of water and electricity in our daily lives.
During shootouts you get a range of options, each with a cool-down period to prevent overuse.
"Proper training and conditioning, both before and during the season, may prevent overuse injuries," the athletic trainers' association said.
To prevent overuse or misuse of the alerts, the police decide when to issue them, and a police committee meets quarterly to see if adjustments are needed.
Roy Krasik, director of baseball operations for the commissioner's office, told The Dallas Morning News the at-bat limit was designed to prevent overuse of players.
The company trained its sales representatives to promote Depakote to nursing homes as a way to sedate patients without running afoul of a federal law intended to prevent overuse of certain medications.
The basic health insurance system should provide incentives to prevent overuse of healthcare services.
API servers are typically managed separately from public web sites, preventing overuse of such data from bogging down sales.
With an eye toward saving money in the long run by preventing overuse of emergency rooms and providing comprehensive care that may reduce recidivism, several counties are learning from the Transitions Clinic.
What if there was a simple way to help your running by preventing overuse injuries -- and even making you faster?
P9: "Listening to body signals and preventing overuse, and thus maintaining the balance, is what's keeping me going".
An understanding of the reasons for such visits could be useful in preventing overuse of ED visits to improve the quality of end-of-life care.
