overdevelopment
Example Sentences
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It was caused partly by record rain, but was also a reckoning for years of rampant overdevelopment and a waste management system under enormous strain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
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
The iconic Italian city is at risk of "irreversible" damage from overwhelming tourism, overdevelopment and rising sea levels due to climate change, according to a report from Unesco.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
The growth of megamansions in Bel-Air and other hillside L.A. neighborhoods sparked new city rules over the last decade aimed at stopping overdevelopment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
But this very overdevelopment, with its destructive effect upon wages and regularity of employment, continually brought the miners back to a consciousness of the need for national organization.
From The Coming of Coal by Robert W. Bruere
