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overproduce en · VERB

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- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English overproduce From over- + produce.

Meanings

  1. To produce more of something than one can use or sell.
    • Mycelium overproduces links. 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 55:
  2. (derogatory) To apply excess modifications to musical recordings, such as adding effects.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overproducing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overproduces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overproduced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overproduced Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

overproducer

Relateds

spoofulate · overproduction

Synonyms

overarrange

Translations (4)

pl produkować zbyt dużo (to produce an excess of) · cmn 過度地生產 /过度地生产 (to produce an excess of) · es sobreproducir (to produce an excess of) · pl wyprodukować zbyt dużo (to produce an excess of)