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to overproduce

to overproduce

5 5.0
Make more of something than people need or can buy
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərprəˈduːs/
translation icon : sobreproducir
  • The factory had to overproduce toys to meet the unexpected holiday demand.
  • the body can overproduce
  • overproduce hormone
  • farmers will overproduce

In other words, from society's perspective, the steel company overproduces steel.

Examples

  • I didn't want to overproduce anything, anyway.

    Blog text (4)

  • You sign with them... ...they'll make you overproduce and then drop the price on you.

    Boom Town (1940)

  • The truth of the matter is we're paid to overproduce, and it was caused by these large multinational interests.

    Food, Inc. (2008)

  • As soon as something is overproduced, the margins go away.

    Blog text (28)

  • And they had constant shortages of some things and constantly overproduced other things as a result.

  • CA dairies overproduce about 1.7% per year, swamping their markets.

    Blog text (8)

  • Kuwait was overproducing its quota by about 80 percent.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The usual charge is that the free enterprise system overproduces goods associated with negative externalities and underproduces goods associated with positive externalities.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Farmers often overproduce crops, leading to a surplus that cannot be sold.

  • When companies overproduce goods, they may have to lower prices to sell the excess.

Synonyms

to oversaturate
vsto overproduce
1 6.5

Fill a market or area with too much of something so people lose interest

make more goods than are needed without always causing value to drop
to oversupply
vsto overproduce
4.1

To give more of something than people can use

make more goods than are needed rather than focusing on giving them

Antonyms

to underproduce
1 6.5

To make less than is needed

Phrasal Verbs

to overproduce for
6.7

To make more goods than are needed for an event or sale

How Much

to overproduce
5 5.0
to produce
  • Specialized
480 3.0

Surface Forms

overproduce infinitive
overproduced past
overproduced past participle
overproducing present participle
overproduces third person singular

Morphology

overproduce = produce (transparent) = over + produce

The prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' combines directly with the verb 'produce' to mean producing too much; this is a straightforward, productive formation.

Etymology

Overproduce joins over- ('too much') and produce ('to make'). So overproduce means to make more than is needed, wanted, or can be sold.