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overinvestment en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English investment English overinvestment From over- + investment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Excessive investment, especially in one particular area
   • Due to our overinvestment in financial stocks, we will be unable to pay the heating bill this year.
   • In his 2010 special, Do Nothing: Live, he describes his overinvestment in an upcoming date, convincing himself as much as the audience: "Sex can just be fun. It can just be fun. It can just be fun. No one ever says, 'Oh, you're playing all that tennis; where's it leading?'" 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 224:

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