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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overinvest . - adjective Subject to excess levels of
investment
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Examples
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Suffice it to say that former Minister Jalali defended Karzai's government as the only game in town, and I took an opposite view -- suggesting that we had overinvested in Karzai and Afghanistan, which was now trapping and containing American power rather than further leveraging it in the region.
Steve Clemons: Karzai, Iran, the US, and Bags of Cash Steve Clemons 2010
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Suffice it to say that former Minister Jalali defended Karzai's government as the only game in town, and I took an opposite view -- suggesting that we had overinvested in Karzai and Afghanistan, which was now trapping and containing American power rather than further leveraging it in the region.
Steve Clemons: Karzai, Iran, the US, and Bags of Cash Steve Clemons 2010
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Investors sell themselves short by investing too much in the U.S.A. You're already overinvested here anyway—you have your life and career here.
How to Make Your 401(k) Plan Work Harder Brett Arends 2012
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Suffice it to say that former Minister Jalali defended Karzai's government as the only game in town, and I took an opposite view -- suggesting that we had overinvested in Karzai and Afghanistan, which was now trapping and containing American power rather than further leveraging it in the region.
Steve Clemons: Karzai, Iran, the US, and Bags of Cash Steve Clemons 2010
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Although it did end up becoming overinvested in to the point of being irrationally exuberent, capital was still available for other purposes such as the purchase of t-bills, even at lower rates of interest, and inflation ended up not being an issue, presumably because of increased efficiencies.
Improved Standard of Living, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It shouldn't have been that surprising given how much they overinvested in real estate, but it is a potential shot across the bow for an even bigger sovereign bond problem or refinancing issue.
Investment Roundtable: Risks lurk, but recovery still on track 2009
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Suffice it to say that former Minister Jalali defended Karzai's government as the only game in town, and I took an opposite view -- suggesting that we had overinvested in Karzai and Afghanistan, which was now trapping and containing American power rather than further leveraging it in the region.
Steve Clemons: Karzai, Iran, the US, and Bags of Cash Steve Clemons 2010
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It was a growth model where we overinvested in the most unproductive form of capital, meaning housing.
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Suffice it to say that former Minister Jalali defended Karzai's government as the only game in town, and I took an opposite view -- suggesting that we had overinvested in Karzai and Afghanistan, which was now trapping and containing American power rather than further leveraging it in the region.
Steve Clemons: Karzai, Iran, the US, and Bags of Cash Steve Clemons 2010
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It was a growth model where we overinvested in the most unproductive form of capital, meaning housing.
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