overproduce
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- overproducer noun
Etymology
Origin of overproduce
Example Sentences
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“Corn and soybean prices right now are suffering for a reason: We overproduced,” he said.
And the Met’s overproduced installation—comprising dark, black halls and bright, white fluorescent tubes—mimics and competes with the artworks themselves.
But once they’re designed, the incremental cost of manufacturing more units is relatively small, so makers routinely overproduce, and sell any excess to smaller providers with less specific needs, Madannavar says.
From Barron's
"When we overproduce the protein, we initially stop the virus from landing on the cell surface," Wood said.
From Science Daily
In the 2000 Times interview, D’Angelo said he “always thought ‘Brown Sugar’ was a little overproduced” and that with “Voodoo” he “wasn’t too concerned with things sounding too perfect or neat or clean.”
From Los Angeles Times
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