Overmined
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Overmined is an adjective meaning Depleted by excessive mining.
Meaning
Depleted by excessive mining.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underburdened, exhausted, overexplored, overenriched, overpolluted, overexploitative.
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