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overproduction

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

too much production or more than expected

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overrun

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: production

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English overproduction From over- + production.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mbiprodhim — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Bulgarian: свръхпроизводство (svrǎhproizvodstvo) — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • French: surproduction — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Hungarian: túltermelés — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Irish: rótháirgeacht — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Irish: rótháirgeadh — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Polish: hiperprodukcja — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Russian: кри́зис перепроизво́дства (krízis pereproizvódstva) — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Spanish: sobreproducción — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold
  • Spanish: superproducción — the production of more of a commodity than can be used or sold