overproduction

English

Etymology

over- +‎ production

Noun

overproduction (countable and uncountable, plural overproductions)

1. The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.
   • 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'.

Related terms

• overproduce

Translations

the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold

• Albanian: mbiprodhim (sq) m
• French: surproduction (fr) f
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• Hungarian: túltermelés (hu)
• Irish: (of result) rótháirgeacht f, (of process) rótháirgeadh m