overcull

English

Etymology

over- +‎ cull

Verb

overcull (third-person singular simple present overculls, present participle overculling, simple past and past participle overculled)

1. To cull excessively.
   • 1966, Pacific Poultryman, volume 72, page 21:

     Do not overcull. When egg prices or cull prices, or both, are low, there is a tendency to overcull.