overproduction

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ production.

Pronunciation

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Noun

overproduction (countable and uncountable, plural overproductions)

1. The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.
   • 1938, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music:

     Mrs. Carmichael had her fifth, looked at the job with repulsion, / Said to the midwife 'Take it away; I'm through with overproduction'.

Derived terms

• elite overproduction

Related terms

• overproduce

Translations

the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold

• Albanian: mbiprodhim (sq) m
• Bulgarian: свръхпроизводство n (svrǎhproizvodstvo)
• French: surproduction (fr) f
• Hungarian: túltermelés (hu)
• Irish: rótháirgeacht f (result), rótháirgeadh m (process)
• Polish: hiperprodukcja (pl) f
• Russian: кри́зис перепроизво́дства (ru) m (krízis pereproizvódstva)
• Spanish: sobreproducción (es) f, superproducción f