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overdevelop

overdevelop verb: to develop to an excessive degree.

Verb

overdevelop (third-person singular simple present overdevelops, present participle overdeveloping, simple past and past participle overdeveloped)

  1. To develop to an excessive degree
    • After all, most neighborhoods in Chicago, outside of overdeveloped Lincoln Park, welcome any kind of retail developments their commercial strips can get.1988 January 15, Ben Joravsky, “A strip mall in Edgewater: class warfare, or small-time tiff?”, in Chicago Reader
  2. To develop a photographic film for too long

Antonyms of overdevelop

Forms of overdevelop

third-person singular presentoverdevelops
present participleoverdeveloping
past participleoverdeveloped
pastoverdeveloped

Origin of overdevelop

From over- + develop.

Words formed from overdevelop

Questions about overdevelop

What does overdevelop mean?
Overdevelop means to develop to an excessive degree.
What part of speech is overdevelop?
Overdevelop is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdevelop?
The past tense of overdevelop is overdeveloped.

Words near overdevelop in the dictionary

  1. overdetermined
  2. overdetermines
  3. overdetermining
  4. overdeterrence
  5. overdeterrent
  6. overdevelop
  7. overdeveloped
  8. overdevelopedness
  9. overdeveloping
  10. overdevelopment
  11. overdevelops

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