overbuilding
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5.3
- noun
- /ˌoʊvərˈbɪldɪŋ/
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sobreconstrucción
- Dan, regarding "overbuilding roads, schools, and bridges," is there really much danger of that in the present state of US infrastructure?
- massive overbuilding
- real estate overbuilding
- Years of overbuilding
Examples
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Mostly, especially in Spain, I was seeing what's similar to California: lots of overbuilding of real estate projects, and then they are sitting empty or uncompleted... zombie housing tracts.
Blog text (14) -
The real estate bubble, the product of excessive debt and overbuilding, could burst at any moment.
Academic text (2018) -
The outlines were beginning to fill in by 1991, although some concerns about overbuilding appeared as well.
Academic text (1993) -
In the past two years, this focused on the overbuilding of apartments and office buildings, but those familiar with the situation were less worried about that now.
Blog text (7) -
Many of the seawalls and flood mitigation systems would have been in place, but the overbuilding on barrier islands and other vulnerable coastal regions would have been at or near a peak.
Blog text (9) -
The city's rapid overbuilding has led to an abundance of vacant office spaces.
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Experts warn that continued overbuilding in the housing market could lead to a significant decline in property values.
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Due to years of overbuilding, many neighborhoods now struggle with a surplus of unused commercial properties.
Synonyms
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5.6
Building too many houses or shops in one area, causing crowding and harm to nature
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6.7
Too many buildings built in one area that cause crowding and less green space
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Etymology
Overbuilding is made of over- and building; over- can mean 'too much' or 'above', and building is making buildings, so overbuilding is building 'too many' buildings in an area and can leave empty spaces or surplus.