Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To build over or on top of.
- intransitive verb To construct more buildings in (an area) than necessary.
- intransitive verb To build with excessive size or elaboration.
- intransitive verb To construct more homes, office buildings, or commercial complexes than necessary in an area.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cover, overhang, span, or traverse with a building or structure; build over.
- To build more than the area properly admits of, or than the population requires: as, that part of the town is overbuilt.
- To build beyond the demand; build beyond one's means.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To build over.
- transitive verb To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To perform excessive
construction on a building or in an area. - verb transitive To build over or on top of another structure.
- verb transitive To build with excessive size or elaboration.
- verb intransitive To construct more homes, office buildings, or commercial complexes than necessary in an area.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little.
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