overmined

English

Etymology

over- + mined

Adjective

overmined (comparative more overmined, superlative most overmined)

  1. Depleted by excessive mining.
    • 2008 May 23, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
      With the sonic trends of the 1960s and ’70s already long overmined, it’s not particularly surprising that new bands are revisiting the 1980s, eschewing Beatles-and-Stones hegemony for (equally well-coiffed) sources like Bauhaus, the Cure, New Order and Depeche Mode.
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