overproduce
overproduce verb: to produce more of something than one can use or sell.
Verb
overproduce (third-person singular simple present overproduces, present participle overproducing, simple past and past participle overproduced)
- To produce more of something than one can use or sell.
- Mycelium overproduces links.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 55
- To apply excess modifications to musical recordings, such as adding effects.
- Synonyms:
- overarrange
Synonyms of overproduce
Forms of overproduce
| third-person singular present | overproduces |
|---|---|
| present participle | overproducing |
| past participle | overproduced |
| past | overproduced |
Origin of overproduce
From over- + produce.
Words formed from overproduce
Words that rhyme with overproduce
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- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- charlotte russe
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about overproduce
- What does overproduce mean?
- Overproduce means to produce more of something than one can use or sell.
- What part of speech is overproduce?
- Overproduce is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overproduce?
- The past tense of overproduce is overproduced.
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