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overinvestment

overinvestment noun: excessive investment, especially in one particular area.

Noun

overinvestment (countable and uncountable, plural overinvestments)

  1. Excessive investment, especially in one particular area
    • Due to our overinvestment in financial stocks, we will be unable to pay the heating bill this year.
    • In his 2010 special, Do Nothing: Live, he describes his overinvestment in an upcoming date, convincing himself as much as the audience: "Sex can just be fun. It can just be fun. It can just be fun. No one ever says, 'Oh, you're playing all that tennis; where's it leading?'"2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 224

overinvestment meaning in Tamil

overinvestment in Tamil

மிகை முதலீடு

Forms of overinvestment

pluraloverinvestments

Origin of overinvestment

From over- + investment.

Questions about overinvestment

What does overinvestment mean?
Overinvestment means excessive investment, especially in one particular area.
What is overinvestment in Tamil?
Overinvestment in Tamil is மிகை முதலீடு. See Overinvestment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overinvestment?
Overinvestment is a noun.
What is the plural of overinvestment?
The plural of overinvestment is overinvestments.

Words near overinvestment in the dictionary

  1. overinvestigated
  2. overinvestigates
  3. overinvestigating
  4. overinvestigation
  5. overinvesting
  6. overinvestment
  7. overinvestments
  8. overinvestor
  9. overinvestors
  10. overinvests
  11. overinvoice

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