ADJ.
academic, awesome
OVERUSED + NOUN
clich, word
PREP.
in
ADV.
often
adj
Used too much, or too often.
Hackneyed or clichéd.
Antibiotics are overused.
"Awesome" is an overused word.
My hovercraft is full of jokes that have been overused to the point where only a small chuckle at best can be elicited from them.
That's a very overused cliché.
These words are often overused in academic writing.