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Overdevelopment
Meaning
Noun
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In Urban studies:
Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
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Origin
overdevelopment
English
-ment
English
-amentum
Latin
overdevelop
English
develop
English
développer
French
desveloper
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
desveloper
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
des-
French
veloper
French
over-
English
over-
Middle English (1100-1500)
ofer-
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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Etym
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Pollution
Overgrazing
Overfishing
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Encroachment
Flooding
Siltation
Overexploitation
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