overdeveloped

overdeveloped
o|ver|de|vel|oped [ˌəuvədıˈveləpt US ˌouvər-] adj
1.) if a city or area is overdeveloped, too many houses, buildings, roads etc have been built there
an overdeveloped country
2.) too great or large
You have an overdeveloped sense of duty.

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  • overdeveloped — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)dɪˈveləpt] / US [ˌoʊvərdɪˈveləpt] adjective 1) too large, or too strong overdeveloped muscles an overdeveloped sense of self importance 2) with too many buildings an overdeveloped resort area …   English dictionary

  • overdeveloped — adjective too great or large: Ryan has an overdeveloped sense of his own importance …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • overdeveloped — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. congested, pushed too much, promoted too much, overbuilt; see growing …   English dictionary for students

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  • o|ver|de|vel|op — «OH vuhr dih VEHL uhp», transitive verb. to develop too much or too long. If a photograph is overdeveloped, it is too dark. »... overdeveloped curiosity, overdeveloped muscles …   Useful english dictionary

  • Leopold Kohr — (born 5 October, 1909 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, died February 26, 1994 in Gloucester, England) was an economist, jurist, political scientist and a practicing philosopher known for his opposition to bigness in social organization and for …   Wikipedia

  • Overdevelopment — refers to a way of seeing global inequality that focuses on the negative consequences of excessive consumption. It exists as the mutually constitutive counterpart to the more commonly known concept of underdevelopment . In mainstream development… …   Wikipedia

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