overbuilt

Example Sentences

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It had overbuilt its retail footprint with flagship stores, in many cases larger than necessary, in the most prestigious shopping districts around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

He weathered the Great Recession, from 2007 to 2009, when Nevada led the nation in foreclosures, bankruptcies soared and tumbleweeds blew through Las Vegas’ many overbuilt, financially underwater subdivisions.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

China’s economy, for decades a leading engine of global growth, has sputtered in recent years: Its overbuilt property market has imploded.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

It’s powerful and unhinged and overbuilt — a monument to the entropy of the postindustrial city, and the tenuous dance of its inhabitants.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

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

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik