overdevelopment

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Malta was to begin counting votes Sunday in an election expected to deliver a historic fourth term for the Labour government, despite concerns over rampant overdevelopment and systemic corruption.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Porthmadog council also chipped in with its disapproval, dubbing the scheme an "overdevelopment" as there were "too many businesses in a small area".

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

Among recent arrivals surveyed, 71% cited the lack of affordable housing as their biggest issue, ahead of traffic, homelessness, local leadership, taxes, overdevelopment and crime.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024

Native Hawaiians, who consider Mauna Kea sacred, have opposed the TMT and long campaigned against overdevelopment of the summit, which is home to 13 observatories.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2024

Now, of course, it is not wholly overdevelopment of mind at the expense of the other criteria of reality which leads Mr. Hughes to vain exercises like a + b = c.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)