overbuild

[oh-ver-bild]

verb (used with object)

overbuilt, overbuilding 

1. to erect too many buildings in (an area).

2. to cover or surmount with a building or structure.

3. to build (a structure) on too great or elaborate a scale.

verb (used without object)

overbuilt, overbuilding 

1. to erect too many buildings in an area.

overbuild

/ ˌəʊvəˈbɪld /

verb

1. to build over or on top of

2. to erect too many buildings in (an area)

3. to build too large or elaborately

Word History and Origins

Origin of overbuild¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; over- + build

Example Sentences

He pointed to the higher risk of overbuild, a fear that crept into the market earlier this year particularly in relation to Microsoft, when TD Cowen indicated the company was canceling data-center leases after building out too aggressively.

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Large turbine makers have been more cautious about adding capacity, having been burned in the aftermath of a previous tech-hype-driven overbuild in the early 2000s.

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“It would be hard to overbuild downtown given those factors.”

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When you are in this quarterly apparel fashion business, you overbuild and you are discounting.

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In response, a large body of exercise science shows, our bodies initiate a variety of cellular mechanisms that fix the tears and strains and, in most cases, overbuild the affected parts.

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