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- noun Excessive
development ; the state or quality of beingoverdeveloped
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Examples
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I agree overdevelopment is a big issue - I think this is true not just for the "city folk" but also for people who already hunt and now find it increasingly difficult to find a place to hunt because overdevelopment is reducing the amount of land that is open to hunting and putting increasing demand for the existing hunting lands.
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I agree overdevelopment is a big issue - I think this is true not just for the "city folk" but also for people who already hunt and now find it increasingly difficult to find a place to hunt because overdevelopment is reducing the amount of land that is open to hunting and putting increasing demand for the existing hunting lands.
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Other local developmentsA proposal to develop a house in Mill Road, Lisvane has been met with objections from the local Lisvane community council – who feel the application is for an overdevelopment which is not in keeping with the area.
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This area has massive aqueducts, power lines, freeways, ports, and airports that have led to its "overdevelopment".
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Multifamily housing starts collapsed in the '80s, "overdevelopment" whining to the contrary.
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Democrats ... overcome Republican cultural appeals ... with more focused attention to bread-and-butter concerns [such as overdevelopment]. '
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Gubernatorial Wins in NJ & VA Show How Dems Can Beat GOP (Stuck with Bush) 2005
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Democrats ... overcome Republican cultural appeals ... with more focused attention to bread-and-butter concerns [such as overdevelopment].
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Gubernatorial Wins in NJ & VA Show How Dems Can Beat GOP (Stuck with Bush) 2005
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An "overdevelopment" without God leads to a "moral underdevelopment," which is the enemy of true human development.
Asianews.it 2010
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An "overdevelopment" without God leads to a "moral underdevelopment," which is the enemy of true human development.
Asianews.it 2010
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An "overdevelopment" without God leads to a "moral underdevelopment," which is the enemy of true human development.
Asianews.it 2010
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