Overbuild

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To build over or on top of.
  • v. To construct more buildings in (an area) than necessary.
  • v. To build with excessive size or elaboration.
  • verb-intransitive. To construct more homes, office buildings, or commercial complexes than necessary in an area.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area.
  • v. To build over or on top of another structure.
  • v. To build with excessive size or elaboration.
  • v. To construct more homes, office buildings, or commercial complexes than necessary in an area.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To build over.
  • v. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover, overhang, span, or traverse with a building or structure; build over.
  • To build more than the area properly admits of, or than the population requires: as, that part of the town is overbuilt.
  • To build beyond the demand; build beyond one's means.
    • Word Usage
    "I expect to "overbuild" in the areas of electricity, and water as most mexicans use very little."
    Verb Form
    overbuilding    overbuilds    overbuilt   
     
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