to overexpand
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5.2
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərɪkˈspænd/
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sobredimensionar
- Some companies often overexpand during periods of rapid growth, leading to unsustainable operations.
Examples
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They overexpand and get stuck when it gets hot.
Blog text (30) -
When the burning fuel/air mix is allowed to expand, it is then overexpanded to near-atmospheric pressure.
Blog text (2) -
The whole thing was due to an overexpansion of credit for investment purposes, so you could point to the industries producing capital equipment as those that had been overexpanded.
Blog text (34) -
The competition among national currencies and with other emerging monies would limit the possibility of overexpanding the monetary base of national currencies for political purposes, for with flexible exchange rates, bad money would be replaced by better money.
Academic text (1990) -
After the initial success, the startup overexpanded and found it difficult to maintain quality service.
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The restaurant chain overexpanded across the country, which ultimately strained their resources and led to closures.
Synonyms
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6.3
To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain
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6.6
To try to do more than you can and fail
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4.4
To become too large and cover a place with plants
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4.5
To build too many houses or buildings on land, causing loss of green space
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5.5
To push someone or something beyond what they can manage
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Morphology
Etymology
The word overexpand comes from the prefix over- meaning 'too much' and expand meaning 'to make larger'. So to overexpand is to grow or increase beyond what is safe or possible, like a company opening too many shops at once.