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ˌover-ˈspecialize, v.
[over- 27.]
intr. To specialize too much (in a particular endeavour). So ˌover-ˈspecialized ppl. a.
1926J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. p. vi, Science herself is over-specialised. 1930G. R. de Beer Embryol. & Evolution xiii. 95 If a race has become excessively over⁓specialized, even the younger stages of the ontogenies of its individuals may have lost their plasticity. 1944J. S. Huxley On Living in Revolution xv. 184 To overwork and over-specialize. 1953N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World ii. 5 They [sc. gulls] are not over-specialised gliding fliers like the shearwaters. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. (Suppl.) 8/2 The emphasis must be changed from the over-specialized Wiltshire baconer. |