Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having too many buildings.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overbuild . - adjective Having had excessive
construction performed on a building or in an area.
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Examples
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(He also says Philadelphia looks less bad than other places - for instance we're less 'overbuilt' - but he wouldn't go examples.) what we heard from Philadelphians who visited the Association for Corporate Growth
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Describing Landesman as "our nation's nominal top funding dog," as one blogger did during the kerfuffle over the chairman's suggestion that the nation's resident theater scene is "overbuilt" meaning the funding is thin and artists aren't making much of a living, perhaps overstates the NEA's largesse.
Some thoughts about Landesman's remarks Nelson Pressley 2011
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The prime minister told a City audience the US and Spain had "overbuilt" homes during the years of rising prices.
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Many of the changes involve lowering the "overbuilt" height of some flood-control features that are higher than needed for the project's expected lifespan of at least 50 years.
Page Modules 2009
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Our lungs are "overbuilt" and have a tremendous reserve volume compared with the amount of air we inhale when at rest.
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That's amazing when you think about it: 20 or 30 kilos of steel, rubber, leather and maybe some plastic "overbuilt" to such a high quality standard that it can reliably carry several or many times its weight for a service life unthinkable for most products.
velorution 2009
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What other cities really are "overbuilt" in the high-rise condo market, in comparison to Austin?
unknown title 2009
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The Great Gazoo from Zatox, Canada writes: The core problem at the post-secondary level is that we have "overbuilt" our capacity in the university system, yet the expansion continues unabated.
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That's amazing when you think about it: 20 or 30 kilos of steel, rubber, leather and maybe some plastic "overbuilt" to such a high quality standard that it can reliably carry several or many times its weight for a service life unthinkable for most products.
velorution 2009
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What has been in dispute is just how "overbuilt" the housing market is now.
Arizona Real Estate Notebook John Wake - Real Estate 2008
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