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Definition of "overproduce" []

  • To produce in excess of need or demand. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "overproduce" in a sentence
  • "Bruno told Toni not to "overproduce" her dances and to just show off what she already has."
  • "That's one danger of Vermentino—it's easy to grow and some wineries overproduce, turning out a rather flavorless, characterless white."
  • "People with the rare, inherited condition, called cryoprin-associated periodic syndrome, or CAPS, have a genetic mutation that causes the body to overproduce a protein called interleukin-1 beta, which leads to inflammation and tissue damage."