overdevelopment
- a word derived from overdevelop.
Example Sentences
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It was caused partly by record rain, but was also a reckoning for years of rampant overdevelopment and a waste management system under enormous strain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Among recent arrivals surveyed, 71% cited the lack of affordable housing as their biggest issue, ahead of traffic, homelessness, local leadership, taxes, overdevelopment and crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
Native Hawaiians, who consider Mauna Kea sacred, have opposed the TMT and long campaigned against overdevelopment of the summit, which is home to 13 observatories.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024
Many of these MPs represent rural constituencies and have raised concerns about what they see as overdevelopment in their area.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023
If Polly Perkins developed a chin and rushed off, what might Kent have done with an overdevelopment of chin already there?
From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell
