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

U.S. and European Union sanctions on Russian producers have “injected a new layer of uncertainty into supply forecasts, and the group knows that overproducing now could backfire later.”

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"When we overproduce the protein, we initially stop the virus from landing on the cell surface," Wood said.

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If China decides to overproduce a commodity to collapse prices globally and destroy margins of American miners, the U.S. government will make up the difference.

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In the 2000 Times interview, D’Angelo said he “always thought ‘Brown Sugar’ was a little overproduced” and that with “Voodoo” he “wasn’t too concerned with things sounding too perfect or neat or clean.”

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Businesses for years overproduced and drilled themselves into bankruptcy; investors have since pressured them to rein in spending and return cash to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

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