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overdeveloping

overdeveloping is the present participle and gerund of overdevelop.

Meaning of overdevelop

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

Questions about overdeveloping

What is overdeveloping the present participle and gerund of?
Overdeveloping is the present participle and gerund of overdevelop.

Words near overdeveloping in the dictionary

  1. overdeterrence
  2. overdeterrent
  3. overdevelop
  4. overdeveloped
  5. overdevelopedness
  6. overdeveloping
  7. overdevelopment
  8. overdevelops
  9. overdeviation
  10. overdeviations
  11. overdevoted

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