overproduction
English
Etymology
over- + production
Noun
overproduction (countable and uncountable, plural overproductions)
- The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.
- 1938, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music:
- Mrs. Carmichael had her fifth, looked at the job with repulsion, / Said to the midwife 'Take it away; I'm through with overproduction'.
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Translations
the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
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