to overinvest

Examples

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• Expecting a higher price, sources may have overinvested in abatement techniques, leading to more emissions abatement than was necessary and subsequently lower allowance prices and emissions.

  Academic text (2007)

• In particular, a debtor who does not pay for the higher risk borne by nonconsensual creditors also does not internalize the full cost of the capital it uses and will tend to overinvest (from a social welfare perspective) in risky endeavors.

  Academic text (2017)

• A currency is only as strong as what you can buy with it, and the West is overinvested in residential real estate, which is non-exportable and keeps low-skilled (tradespeople) and no-skilled (salespeople) employed.

  Blog text (10)

• Investing too much in advertising can lead companies to overinvest in campaigns that don't yield results.

• Many individuals tend to overinvest in their hobbies, spending excessive amounts of time and money.

• It's easy to overinvest in a project when you believe in it, but it's essential to maintain balance.

Synonyms

O

to overdo

vsto overinvest

58 3.6

Do something too much, more than needed

puts extra resources in something beyond what is wise

O

to overextend

vsto overinvest

19 6.3

To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain

puts extra resources into something even if it causes strain

O

to overspend

vsto overinvest

7 4.4

To use more money than you can afford or planned to use

puts excess money or effort into something beyond necessity

O

to overshoot the budget

vsto overinvest

4.3

Spend more money than planned for a project

focuses on excess investment broadly not only budget overruns

How Invested

to go all in

• Informal

15 5.2

to overinvest

1 6.1

to invest

715 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology