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Overbuilt

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o·ver·build  (vr-bld)
v. o·ver·built (-blt), o·ver·build·ing, o·ver·builds
v.tr.
1. To build over or on top of.
2. To construct more buildings in (an area) than necessary.
3. To build with excessive size or elaboration.
v.intr.
To construct more homes, office buildings, or commercial complexes than necessary in an area.
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There did not appear to be much business stirring; and some unfinished buildings and improvements seemed to intimate that the city had been overbuilt in the ardour of 'going- a-head,' and was suffering under the re-action consequent upon such feverish forcing of its powers.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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