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overexploitation

overexploitation noun: excessive and damaging exploitation.

Noun

overexploitation (usually uncountable, plural overexploitations)

  1. (usually) Excessive and damaging exploitation.
    • Near-synonyms: overuse, overutilization
    • The overexploitation of forests left the island nearly denuded of trees.

overexploitation meaning in Tamil

overexploitation in Tamil

மிகைச் சுரண்டல்

Synonyms of overexploitation

Antonyms

Forms of overexploitation

pluraloverexploitations
alternative formover-exploitation

Origin of overexploitation

By surface analysis, over- + exploitation, or, by surface analysis, overexploit + -ation.

Questions about overexploitation

What does overexploitation mean?
Overexploitation means excessive and damaging exploitation.
What is overexploitation in Tamil?
Overexploitation in Tamil is மிகைச் சுரண்டல். See Overexploitation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overexploitation?
Overexploitation is a noun.
What is the plural of overexploitation?
The plural of overexploitation is overexploitations.

Words near overexploitation in the dictionary

  1. overexplanations
  2. overexplanatory
  3. overexplicit
  4. overexplicitness
  5. overexploit
  6. overexploitation
  7. overexploitations
  8. overexploitative
  9. overexploited
  10. overexploiting
  11. overexploits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overexploitation (page history and authors); overexploitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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