overdevelopment

English

Etymology

over- +‎ development

Noun

overdevelopment (uncountable)

  1. Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
    • 1988 October 7, Hank De Zutter and Pamela Little De Zutter, “Invasion of the FIPs: boom time in southwestern Michigan”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      […] the threat of lopsided, uncontrolled overdevelopment seems distant to many--local residents and Chicagoans alike--who regard the rediscovery of the area as a welcome return to its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, when even more Chicago families spent their summers here.
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