overbuilt

Speech parts

1. overbuilt - Adjective

2. overbuilt - Verb

Meaning

Having too many buildings; as, an overbuilt part of a town.

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Examples

You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax. Robert Moses

But when it comes to some of the trendiest shoes of the moment like super-hefty lug-soles, overbuilt sneakers and hiking boots, and, yes, even clogs, for most, they're probably not something you'd expect a "stylish" person to be wearing. Source: Internet

Fortified overbuilt Roman camps where troops practised absurdly geometric formations contrasted sharply with the open airy cluster of elegant modest hutments where Gauls carried on in merry abandon till they were called to war. Source: Internet

"We quickly outgrew our last expansion project and with this addition we have intentionally overbuilt, giving ourselves room to grow into it. Source: Internet

Intricate lines, overbuilt structures, and exaggerated, gigantic features all helped to convey the gaudy unreality of Krypton. Source: Internet

It was a remarkable achievement for Vought; compared to land-based counterparts, carrier aircraft are "overbuilt" and heavier, to withstand the extreme stress of deck landings. Source: Internet

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