overbuild
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- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈbɪld/
- Specialized
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sobreconstrucción
- Even at the latitude of the Mojave, you get around 25% of the insolation in the winter compared to the summer, so in practice, if you wanted to use it for base load, you would have to do a massive overbuild, which would ruin your costs.
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Even at the latitude of the Mohave, you get around 25% of the insolation in the winter compared to the summer, so in practice, if you wanted to use it for base load, you would have to do a massive overbuild, which would ruin your costs.
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Wealth gets concentrated into the hands of a few, cities overbuild, and resources are stripped.
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You would still need massive overbuild if you attempted to use it for baseload, though.
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There are severe cost obstacles to schemes to use solar for base load, though, as in any non-equatorial region, you would have to have a very large overbuild.
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The city faced financial difficulties due to the overbuild of new apartments that remained empty.
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After the economic downturn, the effects of the overbuild in the housing market became apparent as prices dropped significantly.
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Residents expressed concerns about the overbuild in their neighborhood, fearing it would strain local resources and services.
Synonyms
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Building more houses or offices in an area than people need, leaving many empty spaces
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Building too many houses or shops in one area, causing crowding and harm to nature
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Etymology
Overbuild comes from the parts over ('too much') and build ('make' or 'construct'), which gives the image of putting up more buildings than a place needs. So, an overbuild is the result of building 'too much' in an area.