English Explanatory Dictionary

overproduction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overproduction.wav

Word forms

overproduction overproductions

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English overproduction From over- + production.

Related words

overproduce glut overcapacity overstock oversupply

Derived words

elite overproduction
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