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overindustrialize

overindustrialize verb: to industrialize to an excessive degree.

Verb

overindustrialize (third-person singular simple present overindustrializes, present participle overindustrializing, simple past and past participle overindustrialized)

  1. (transitive) To industrialize to an excessive degree.

Forms of overindustrialize

third-person singular presentoverindustrializes
present participleoverindustrializing
past participleoverindustrialized
pastoverindustrialized

Origin of overindustrialize

From over- + industrialize.

Questions about overindustrialize

What does overindustrialize mean?
Overindustrialize means to industrialize to an excessive degree.
What part of speech is overindustrialize?
Overindustrialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overindustrialize?
The past tense of overindustrialize is overindustrialized.

Words near overindustrialize in the dictionary

  1. overindustrialise
  2. overindustrialised
  3. overindustrialises
  4. overindustrialising
  5. overindustrialization
  6. overindustrialize
  7. overindustrialized
  8. overindustrializes
  9. overindustrializing
  10. overindustrious
  11. overinflate

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