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Too much production or more than expected
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overproduction
Word definitions for overproduction in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In economics , overproduction , oversupply , excess of supply or glut refers to excess of supply over demand of products being offered to the market . This leads to lower prices and/or unsold goods along with the possibility of unemployment . The demand ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overproduction \O"ver*pro*duc"tion\, n. Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. --J. S. Mill.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, from over- + production .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ the overproduction of crude oil EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ ApoR2 can also be directly obtained from overproduction of the protein in bacteria under limited-iron conditions. ▪ Conservationists say policies to help wildlife ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. too much production or more than expected [syn: overrun ]
Usage examples of overproduction.
Instead of being an innocuous messenger, the protein coat of the virus seems to mimic a hormone that stimulates the overproduction of cerebrospinal fluid.
Part of the drop in oil prices was a result of overproduction by OPEC countries, such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which not only profited from their overproduction but were pursuing a long-term economic policy of trying to increase global dependence on oil by depressing prices.
The marriage is on the verge of breaking up, lock, stock and barrel, due to little Cherry's inability to cope with this dreary life, when the husband finds a brilliant solution to the whole overproduction problem, and immediately gets promoted to a ramshackle hut in the most posh part of the city.
It is for this reason that a tumor of the cortex, leading to the overproduction of its steroids, does have a strongly masculinizing effect on women.
He found the active receptors on the X-FLU virus that make it deadly, and he also found the gene combination that codes for the polypeptides causing the overproduction of cerebrospinal fluid.