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overcapacity
[ oh-ver-kuh-pas-i-tee ]
overcapacity
/ ˌəʊvəkəˈpæsɪtɪ /
noun
- the situation in which an industry or business cannot sell as much as it produces
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overcapacity1
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Example Sentences
That leaves some labs stretched to overcapacity while others stand idle.
The petrochemicals industry is already burdened with overcapacity, even as it pours billions into capacity expansions.
Rising competition and overcapacity in the panel-producing industry has driven down the cost of solar panel systems.
America has a vast overcapacity of things like bedrooms, cars, and conference rooms, all of them idle most of the time.
Despite this existing overcapacity, another 1.4 billion gallons of distilling capacity is under construction.
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