Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To develop to excess.
- transitive verb To process (a photographic plate or film) too long or in too concentrated a solution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To develop to excess; in photography, to develop too long or with too strong developer. See
overdevelopment .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Photog.) To develop excessively
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
develop to an excessive degree - verb photography To develop a
photographic film for too long
Etymologies
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Examples
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They contend that they have studied the transport systems in America and particularly in Canada and they say that they don't want to overdevelop their railway system.
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According to Byram, there's a tendency for pitchers to overdevelop the internal rotators of their shoulders because those are the muscles that speed the arm forward.
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"We can't overdevelop our resources - that's what's happening here."
billingsgazette.com 2010
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The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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If you mix too vigorously, you might overdevelop the gluten in the flour and end up with tough muffins, regardless of the flour type.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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The Department of Community Affairs is Florida's last line of defense against incessant, unrelenting efforts to overbuild and overdevelop our communities.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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"They have failed plan for the sizeable increase in Victoria's population which has added to pressure to overdevelop areas," he said.
Star News Group 2010
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According to Byram, there's a tendency for pitchers to overdevelop the internal rotators of their shoulders because those are the muscles that speed the arm forward.
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Now there is no real need for a passenger / commuter rail line unless the goal is to overdevelop the north shore with more townhouses, apartment buildings, and housing projects.
unknown title 2009
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