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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Excessive capacity for the production of commodities or the delivery of services in relation to actual need.

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  • noun A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is needed

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Examples

  • And when they do stop, they'll drown in overcapacity, and they won't be building new skyscrapers for a very long time.

    Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: Shadow Over Asia Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2010

  • And when they do stop, they'll drown in overcapacity, and they won't be building new skyscrapers for a very long time.

    Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: Shadow Over Asia Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2010

  • And when they do stop, they'll drown in overcapacity, and they won't be building new skyscrapers for a very long time.

    Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: Shadow Over Asia Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2010

  • And when they do stop, they'll drown in overcapacity, and they won't be building new skyscrapers for a very long time.

    Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: Shadow Over Asia Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2010

  • Yes, I think the main difference is that when we went into this last time, there was considerable and long-term overcapacity still in the marketplace.

    unknown title 2012

  • But that didn't address broader industry concerns, such as overcapacity in the auto-parts industry.

    Bankruptcy Fears Grip Auto-Parts Suppliers 2009

  • That suggests that the investment boom of the past few years has not led to the kind of overcapacity that heralds a corrective plunge in investment as seen during the "lost decade."

    Japan's Stress Test 2008

  • The amount of damage that has been done to the Asian infrastructure and financial system and the enormous overcapacity which is in existence can't be dealt with in a matter of months.

    Annual Financial Forum 1999

  • And that brings us to the old chestnut of 'overcapacity' in Europe.

    Daily automotive news and comment - from just-auto.com 2010

  • This rapid growth led to an economic concept called "overcapacity".

    unknown title 2009

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