overproduction
English
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Etymology
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From over- + production.
Pronunciation
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[edit]overproduction (countable and uncountable, plural overproductions)
- The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.
- 1938, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music:
- Mrs. Carmichael had her fifth, looked at the job with repulsion, / Said to the midwife 'Take it away; I'm through with overproduction'.
Derived terms
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[edit]the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *upér
- English terms prefixed with over-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)
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