overbreed

English

Etymology

over- +‎ breed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

overbreed (third-person singular simple present overbreeds, present participle overbreeding, simple past and past participle overbred)

1. To breed excessively.
   • 1917, Theodore Roosevelt, The Foes of Our Own Household‎^[1], New York: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 260:

     At different times in different nations the needs and the duties differ widely. Professor Ross has shown that China has suffered immeasurably because of the reckless overbreeding of its people. France is now in hazard of her national existence because of exactly the opposite cause.

   • 2009 February 26, Cathal Kelly, “Obama picks running (and fetching) mate”, in Toronto Star‎^[2]:

     What happens if the dog is overbred?