ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overdevelopment

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overdevelopment is a noun meaning Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.

Meaning

Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.

Example Sentences

[…] the threat of lopsided, uncontrolled overdevelopment seems distant to many--local residents and Chicagoans alike--who regard the rediscovery of the area as a welcome return to its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, when even more Chicago families spent their summers here.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overdevelopedness, hyperdevelopment, overcivilization, overextension, overmuchness, over-extension.

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