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UK
/ˌəʊvəpɹədˈʌkʃən/
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[ US /ˈoʊvɝpɹəˈdəkʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈoʊvɝpɹəˈdəkʃən/ ]
NOUN
- too much production or more than expected
How To Use overproduction In A Sentence
- But prices of agricultural commodities are low because of overproduction.
- This is when the buds of the tongue kick into overproduction of a substance called keratin, which causes the buds to grow longer than normal. Dr. Harold Katz: Bad Breath and Your Tongue
- Overproduction, coupled with falling sales, has led to huge losses for the company.
- This component of overproduction may therefore be an additional aetiology to that of the clearance defect described above.
- The dip was caused by overproduction and ongoing price pressures.
- There was absolutely no way to cure it and the ill persons didn't show the distinct signs of the other kinds - no overproduction of white blood corpuscles, no attacks of high fever and no spleen tumors at all.
- Shortly, Brazil's economy collapsed due to an overproduction of coffee.
- The company has been struggling for years in a global car manufacturing industry that is experiencing serious overproduction.
- Certain foods such as kidney beans and artichokes cause an overproduction of bacteria in the stomach, which can in turn lead to excessive flatulence.
- The company is in a bad financial position because of overproduction and distribution problems.