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overbuild

[ oh-ver-bild ]

verb (used with object)

overbuilt, overbuilding.
  1. to erect too many buildings in (an area).
  2. to cover or surmount with a building or structure.
  3. to build (a structure) on too great or elaborate a scale.


verb (used without object)

overbuilt, overbuilding.
  1. to erect too many buildings in an area.

overbuild

/ ˌəʊəˈɪ /

verb

  1. to build over or on top of
  2. to erect too many buildings in (an area)
  3. to build too large or elaborately
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overbuild1

First recorded in 1595–1605; over- + build
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“It would be hard to overbuild downtown given those factors.”

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When you are in this quarterly apparel fashion business, you overbuild and you are discounting.

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In response, a large body of exercise science shows, our bodies initiate a variety of cellular mechanisms that fix the tears and strains and, in most cases, overbuild the affected parts.

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Meanwhile, the unmanageable domestic debt racked up to overbuild infrastructure at home has financial markets around the world quaking.

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Mohit Chhabra, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that offshore wind “can deflect overbuild of storage and solar, thereby saving money and being more environmentally friendly.”

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