overproduce

[oh-ver-pruh-doos, -dyoos]

verb (used with or without object)

overproduced, overproducing 

1. to produce in excess of need or stipulated amount.

Other Word Forms

• overproducer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overproduce¹

First recorded in 1890–95; over- + produce

Example Sentences

This was the junk wax era, when Topps and Fleer and all these companies really overproduced because they thought there was big business in baseball cards.

From Los Angeles Times

Santos's team found that the mutation involves the loss of a small fragment of a chromosome, which causes a gene to overproduce a key protein in brain cells.

From BBC

Keep throwing existing Housewives and Bravolebs into new situations that let them move beyond the confines of the overproduced current iteration of the “Housewives” structure.

From Salon

He told our producer, “I can’t have you overproduce this thing with a bunch of harmonies. Just record the band.”

From Los Angeles Times

“And since then, the manufacturers have overproduced. And they’ve slashed prices dramatically which is good for the consumer. But with the small shops they’re often not able to take advantage of those prices.”

From Seattle Times