overproduce
verb (used with or without object)
to produce in excess of need or stipulated amount.
had been overproducing
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past perfect progressiveof overproduce.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
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Inasmuch as the oil industry had been overproducing every year since 1918, there were on hand large surplus stocks of oil.
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