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ˌover-deˈvelop, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To develop too greatly or to excess; spec. in Photogr.: see develop v. 5 b.
1869Eng. Mech. 19 Nov. 238/3 He would be likely to over-develope it. 1884Century Mag. XXVII. 945 A principle as good as this may be over-developed.
Hence ˌover-deˈveloped ppl. a.; ˌover-deˈvelopment, too great development; spec. in Photogr. development continued too long or with too strong a developer (q.v.).
1842Manning Serm. (1848) I. 157 Over-development of peculiarities in the individual character. 1861Photogr. News Alm. in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) I. 160/2 There is great danger of over-development, as some photographers are not content until the sky is..black. 1974Environmental Conservation I. 17/2 The kind of agricultural system that now predominates in the over⁓developed countries. 1974B. Pearce tr. Amin's Accumulation on World Scale I. ii. 157 In the overdeveloped economies,..the tendency to (relative) underconsumption weighs heavily upon investment. Ibid. II. iv. 507 A favourable trade balance has beneficial effects only if saving tends to be superabundant, in a context of overdevelopment. 1976Survey Summer–Autumn 156 The recognition of the planet's economic unity springs from a justifiable alarm at overdevelopment. 1977G. Fisher Villain of Piece ii. 14 Majorca's over-developed coastline. |