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overmined

overmined adjective: depleted by excessive mining.

Adjective

overmined (comparative more overmined, superlative most overmined)

  1. Depleted by excessive mining.
    • With the sonic trends of the 1960s and ’70s already long overmined, it’s not particularly surprising that new bands are revisiting the 1980s, eschewing Beatles-and-Stones hegemony for (equally well-coiffed) sources like Bauhaus, the Cure, New Order and Depeche Mode.2008 May 23, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Forms of overmined

comparativemore overmined
superlativemost overmined

Origin of overmined

From over- + mined.

Questions about overmined

What does overmined mean?
Overmined means depleted by excessive mining.
What part of speech is overmined?
Overmined is an adjective.

Words near overmined in the dictionary

  1. overmilking
  2. overmilks
  3. overmind
  4. overminds
  5. overmine
  6. overmined
  7. overmineralization
  8. overmineralized
  9. overmines
  10. overmining
  11. overminute

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