Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In photography, a development continued too long, or done with an excitant of too great strength.
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Examples
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This investment – coupled with a strong restoration plan guided by sound science – would enable the Gulf to begin restoring the region’s ecosystem, which has been systematically degraded by decades of over-development.
Regan Nelson: As One-Year Anniversary Approaches, Congress Should Direct Fines From BP Spill to Gulf Restoration Regan Nelson 2011
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Skeletons of archers from that period have been uncovered who had bone spurs in their right arms as a result of muscle over-development through a lifetime of training to pull and fire the massive bows.
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"In this world of technology, over-development, fewer trees and more concrete," says Sayeg, "it is empowering to be able to beautify your environment."
The graffiti knitting epidemic Maddy Costa 2010
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This investment – coupled with a strong restoration plan guided by sound science – would enable the Gulf to begin restoring the region’s ecosystem, which has been systematically degraded by decades of over-development.
Regan Nelson: As One-Year Anniversary Approaches, Congress Should Direct Fines From BP Spill to Gulf Restoration Regan Nelson 2011
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"It's avoided the syndrome of over-development and over-sophistication," she said.
Pound Ridge Adds Cosmopolitan to Rural Maya Pope-Chappell 2011
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On his website, Sahner insists his project is not an effort to document what is bound to be lost by over-development, an ethos of sites like Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.
New York Block-By-Block: The Best Of NYC Grid (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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He remains staunch in his defense of preservation of the natural landscape — in Door County or any rural landscape threatened by over-development and crass commercialism.
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He remains staunch in his defense of preservation of the natural landscape — in Door County or any rural landscape threatened by over-development and crass commercialism.
July « 2008 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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More people became actively involved in finding ways to save the planet from self-destructive pollution and over-development.
The Typewriter Is Holy Bill Morgan 2010
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The letters object to over-development of the site, increase in noise and traffic, loss of privacy for neighbours, among other objections.
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