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overdevelopment

overdevelopment noun: excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.

Noun

overdevelopment (usually uncountable, plural overdevelopments)

  1. (usually) Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
    • […] the threat of lopsided, uncontrolled overdevelopment seems distant to many--local residents and Chicagoans alike--who regard the rediscovery of the area as a welcome return to its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, when even more Chicago families spent their summers here.1988 October 7, Hank De Zutter, Pamela Little De Zutter, “Invasion of the FIPs: boom time in southwestern Michigan”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of overdevelopment

pluraloverdevelopments

Origin of overdevelopment

From over- + development.

Questions about overdevelopment

What does overdevelopment mean?
Overdevelopment means excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
What part of speech is overdevelopment?
Overdevelopment is a noun.
What is the plural of overdevelopment?
The plural of overdevelopment is overdevelopments.

Words near overdevelopment in the dictionary

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

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