overbuilt

Example Sentences

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“We haven’t done that yet because we think that we have a use for the compute. Obviously if we get to a point where we feel like we have overbuilt, then that is an option.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Only an overbuilt city can offer tenants security and freedom.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2024

Banksy’s L.A. mural, 2010’s “Swing Girl,” is downtown, visible only from a deep alley between buildings — which is the point it makes about overbuilt places.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Its growth is hobbled by the collapse of an overbuilt real estate market, sagging consumer confidence and high rates of youth unemployment.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

That suggested that Berkeley’s thirty-seven-inch machine was already overbuilt.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik