overbuilt

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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

By the end, the playing space, like the once pristine frontier, is so overbuilt you can see little else.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 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

On the immediate local front, reports showed that rental rates for apartments in Odessa had dropped 10 percent and occupancy rates 8 percent, boding disaster for a market that was woefully overbuilt from the boom.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger