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overproduction

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o·ver·pro·duce  (vr-pr-ds, -dys)
tr.v. o·ver·pro·duced, o·ver·pro·duc·ing, o·ver·pro·duc·es
To produce in excess of need or demand.
over·pro·ducer n.
over·pro·duction (-dkshn) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.overproduction - too much production or more than expected
overrun
production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production"
Translations
overproduction [əuvəprəˈdʌkʃən] n → superproducción f
overproduction [ˈəuvəprəˈdʌkʃən] n → surproduction f
overproduction [ˈəuvəprəˈdʌkʃən] n → Überproduktion f
overproduction [ˈəuvəprəˈdʌkʃən] n → sovrapproduzione f


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It proved, incontrovertibly, the disastrous effects of machinery and division of labour; the concentration of capital and land in a few hands; overproduction and crises; it pointed out the inevitable ruin of the petty bourgeois and peasant, the misery of the proletariat, the anarchy in production, the crying inequalities in the distribution of wealth, the industrial war of extermination between nations, the dissolution of old moral bonds, of the old family relations, of the old nationalities.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context
* Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States a few years prior to this time, made the following public declaration: "A more liberal and extensive reciprocity in the purchase and sale of commodities is necessary, so that the overproduction of the United States can be satisfactorily disposed of to foreign countries.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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